Example sentences of "of [Wh det] she [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every bride looks beautiful — this is partly because of what she is wearing and partly because she is usually glowing with happiness . |
| 2 | She is silently waiting for me now to understand the nature of what she is offering me . |
| 3 | Alternatively , the sender may wish to make certain parts of the message the topic of what she is saying — the focus of attention — and others simply comments . |
| 4 | described two distinct states of affair , namely , ( a ) where the wife is alive to what she is signing and is procured to sign by the undue influence of her husband ; and ( b ) where the wife is not aware of what she is signing and the only ground for impeaching the document is her want of understanding . |
| 5 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 6 | I try to make a joke out of what she 's driving at , and lean forward to poke her in the belly . |
| 7 | If you imagine you can use me to remind Mademoiselle Rabier of what she 's missing by paying attention to her friend Bernard then you can think again ! ’ |
| 8 | It , it 's a case of what she 's letting herself in for if we strike this out . |
| 9 | They drank wine , consulted the menu , ordered , but she took little notice of what she was eating , trying to calm the turmoil within her . |
| 10 | Then she quashed the thought ; naturally he would pretend to be surprised , to have no idea of what she was getting at . |
| 11 | Her eyes met Bert 's , found no reflection there of what she was thinking — probably against her will , Alice believed ; and , so as not to meet Alice 's , lowered themselves to the business of eating one golden crisp fatty chip after another . |
| 12 | He nodded , so mentally close , so aware of what she was thinking and feeling , without being in the least sympathetic . |
| 13 | Usually so mentally attuned , so aware of what she was thinking and feeling , he looked angry and nonplussed , unable to understand her withdrawal . |
| 14 | She bit her lip , the significance of what she was seeing sinking home like a jagged knife between her ribs . |
| 15 | And in , in the context of what sh of what she was writing |
| 16 | ‘ If it 's not anything too absolutely awful , I think I 'll try the Špíz ze srnčiho či jeleního masa , ’ she answered , without having the least idea of what she was ordering . |
| 17 | Vivienne Westwood , current British Designer of the Year , had a very clear idea of what she was looking for : ‘ Something unorthodox that people have n't seen before . |
| 18 | Her own college , at first encounter , struck her as somewhat dimly conformist , with long brown corridors and an unexpectedly high proportion of young women apparently wrapped up in the triumphs of yesteryear on the hockey field or in the prefects ' Common Room , but even there she had discovered part of what she was looking for : in the persons of Liz Ablewhite ( now Headleand ) and Esther Breuer ( still Breuer ) she had discovered it , and rediscovered it there each time she met them , which was , these days , on average once a fortnight . |
| 19 | It was the way she hid the hurt inside herself , too proud to shew one iota of what she was feeling . |
| 20 | All the anger she had ever felt seemed to shrink into no more than fits of petty temper in the face of what she was feeling now . |
| 21 | His eyes skimmed over her face , his gaze arrested at her softly parted lips , and Jenna looked down , afraid of what she was feeling . |
| 22 | Lindsey looked up to find Niall watching her , his expression telling her that he understood and shared at least some part of what she was feeling . |
| 23 | ‘ Even the most apparently narrow and uneventful life , ’ she began thoughtfully , then stopped , uncertain of what she was going to say next . |
| 24 | She did not have any idea , she realised abruptly , of what she was going to say to fitzAlan . |
| 25 | The problem was she had no real idea of what she was going to say or do when she got to the château . |
| 26 | ‘ Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 27 | Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 28 | It was not that she had signed under some induced misapprehension as to the nature or character of what she was signing . |
| 29 | With no clear idea of what she was denying , Gina almost sobbed the word . |
| 30 | And he did n't take any notice of what she was asking or saying and he did n't take any notice of her at all . |