Example sentences of "she had simply " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he realized , she had simply adopted the words other people must have said to her over and over again . |
| 2 | The letters had made her angry , though at first she had simply not been able to believe them . |
| 3 | She had simply eaten one after another to try and stem the feelings of anxiety within her . |
| 4 | She had simply been given no encouragement to make the best of herself . |
| 5 | She had simply made a mental note to thank her , popped it into the in-tray on her desk and left the photograph tucked in a corner of her blotter . |
| 6 | She had been brought up in the most isolated of spots — although , perhaps , because of its very isolation and Granny Tremayne 's aloofness , she had simply known about , but not exactly experienced , communal village life . |
| 7 | Looking back , it seemed to Freddie that she had simply wanted him and him alone — as he had wanted her . |
| 8 | But , after nearly an hour , it was obvious that she had simply been brought to this near-empty building and left for the police to find her . |
| 9 | She had simply worn a lot of clothes , and kept moving . |
| 10 | At the time he had assumed that she had simply contacted the address on some pretext and discovered that he had n't been there , but it was only later , when the argument had blown over , that he remembered that the address he had given his mother had been vacant . |
| 11 | Illness and death came suddenly : it was as if , over many years , she had simply worn herself out . |
| 12 | And , further wishing to appear brisk and fresh , as if she had simply alighted at the manor gates from her carriage , she allowed herself plenty of time for the familiar trudge down the cobbled hill of St Jude 's Street to the flat plain of St Jude 's Square and Market Square in the valley below and then up the other side , past the brewery and the iron foundry , through the maze of brewers ' and iron-workers ' cottages , to the manor , the skyline beyond it dominated by the squat , square bulk and the huge , foully belching chimney-stack of Dallam 's mill . |
| 13 | She was wearing a dark tracksuit and was smiling warmly , as if she had simply stopped on her way to the solarium to pick up a neighbour . |
| 14 | If she had simply gone straight to France when she had received his letter she would have fallen for it even more . |
| 15 | Unable to hide physically , she had simply closed everything off , shrinking from further pain like any wounded creature . |
| 16 | She had simply , and thoughtlessly , intended to kill what she had in any case thought of as an insincere proposal . |
| 17 | Perhaps she had simply had enough . |
| 18 | Maybe Jeff was right that the man was insufferable and she had simply been bowled over by his formidable good looks and by that quality of heady excitement he exuded . |
| 19 | Up until yesterday , when the whole thing had taken shape and he had whisked her away to Rocamar , she had simply been his confidante — at least , that was how she had seen herself , and she 'd assumed that was how he saw her too . |