Example sentences of "she did [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adult Eileen was quite intelligent enough to understand the devastating effects of those careless words on the child she had been — although she did not blame her mother in any way for using them . |
| 2 | She did not blame them . |
| 3 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 4 | She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness . |
| 5 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 6 | She did not answer him because at that moment they came to her house . |
| 7 | ‘ So , ’ he said , when she did not answer him , and the beautiful mouth quivered , ever so slightly , ‘ even pretty little McAllister has her secrets . |
| 8 | And she did not do what hedgehogs usually do when they find themselves in a bit of trouble : curl up in a tight , prickly ball . |
| 9 | If she did not do what they wanted then they managed to make her feel wrong or stupid . |
| 10 | Cook told her if she did not do what he said he would kill her . |
| 11 | Even though Carrie 's mother suspected something was different with her child , she was too caught up in her own religious world , that she did not do anything about Carrie 's obvious talent . |
| 12 | She pleaded that she did not do it and her husband 's inconsistencies and contradictions aroused suspicion . |
| 13 | She accepted it as a convenience , like an improved system of telephones ; she did not dedicate herself to it as the expression of a moral idea of comradeship and equality , the avowal of which could leave nothing the same . |
| 14 | While belatedly fulfilling her curtailed general education , she did not neglect her ambition to master the French language . |
| 15 | She did not give him time to finish . |
| 16 | And since she shared Humber 's and my attitude to our job , she did not give me the kind of pep-talk Aline would have come up with in these circumstances . |
| 17 | She did not give their talk her whole attention . |
| 18 | When I was finished with her , I would make sure she did not give our hiding place away . |
| 19 | But she did not speak them . |
| 20 | Ashley asked , speaking softly so that she did not disturb him . |
| 21 | Johnson hoped that his gift would ensure she did not forget him . |
| 22 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 23 | And she did not hide her feelings over the split with Gowersor her previous partner . |
| 24 | If she did not eat it was due to her feeling nauseous because of her condition . |
| 25 | The right hon. Lady has seen the various groups to which I have referred , and I accept that the list is a long one , but she did not bring them together collectively to discuss a consensus . |
| 26 | She sent for her confessor because she was in mortal sin ; she had withheld from him in confession a sin of which she was ashamed , but because he spoke sharply to her , she did not confess it at all this time either . |
| 27 | That was spiteful and unnecessary but she did not score it out . |
| 28 | Slim Annette , who weighs just eight and a half stones , said she did not fulfil everyone 's idea of a dame . |
| 29 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 30 | She knew that her grown-ups were frightened and she did not want them to be frightened , but she also knew that Fenna was a mightier protection than all their loving care could ever be . |