Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not think why she had said it . |
| 2 | This does not explain why she describes the movement of a crowd as ‘ hydric ’ , or locates the home of Mr Castro 's father , the Galician ex-soldier Angel Castro , in a ‘ nouveau wilderness ’ . |
| 3 | But I had not forgotten how she had lied , and behaved so badly to me as well as to Edgar Linton , so I did not feel sorry for her , or encourage her to talk . |
| 4 | She told me not to come round she did ! |
| 5 | She did not know why she had come . |
| 6 | Rachaela did not know why she had participated . |
| 7 | She shook her head , even if she did not know why she shook her head , told this man anything . |
| 8 | She knows , but does not know why she knows , or what she knows . |
| 9 | Police do not know where she went . |
| 10 | Lissa did not know where she found the strength to answer him without betraying anything of her inner turmoil . |
| 11 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 12 | Liza did not know how she got back to her billet , only that she had bicycled so fast and furiously that , as she flung herself on her bed , she thought , grimly , that if anyone had reason to miscarry at that juncture it was she herself . |
| 13 | I think she honestly did not know how she played so well . |
| 14 | Susan did not know how she felt about this until she saw that he had painted himself and herself half-way up or half-way down , looking up or down at their reflections in the water . |
| 15 | She did not know how she knew what she did about people . |
| 16 | I can not know how she feels about that experience , but I think it must have been reassuring rather than distressing . |
| 17 | UMI RIN TOSIT The sensations a woman experiences when she does not know how she feels about a man |
| 18 | Mother was really a good cook but that oven was not exactly reliable — indeed , I do not know how she managed to get such nice things out of it . |
| 19 | My father frequently said he did not know how she managed . |
| 20 | ‘ As a nurse , I could not understand why she did not directly approach the hospitals concerned , for at that time I had little doubt that she would have received informed , prompt , honest replies . ’ |
| 21 | Otherwise she could not remember when she had last spoken to anyone . |
| 22 | She could not remember when she had last enjoyed such comfort . |
| 23 | Loretta , who could not remember when she had last baked a cake , was quite taken aback . |
| 24 | But she could not remember where she had heard them before . |
| 25 | Usually she could not remember why she had wandered off . |
| 26 | If she did not marry directly she finished training , which was highly probable , as she liked the lads as much as they liked her , before long she would be a Sister Tutor . |
| 27 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 28 | I board the plane feeling no pain , eat the evening meal and continue with the G&T theme , land in Gatwick and make the connection via the smoking area of the bar and another gulped Gordon 's , then pass on the second offered dinner but not the accompanying booze and quietly pass out somewhere over the West Midlands , to be woken by a dishy blonde with an impudent , dimpled smile and we 're here we 've landed we 've arrived , we 're on the stand at the airport and I 'd ask her what she 's doing later because I 'm drunk enough to not care when she says ‘ No ’ as she probably will , but I know I 'm too tired and besides my left eyelid 's stuck again and I suspect it makes me look a bit like Quasimodo , so I do n't say anything except , ‘ Uh , thanks , ’ which is cool or sad , I 'm not sure which . |
| 29 | Until now , the woman had been careful not to reveal how she had witnessed what passed between him and that lovely creature at the docks . |
| 30 | Hank could not imagine how she managed to look so elegant in such an outfit ; the concepts of breeding and natural grace were unknown to him , and the quiet air of command she had scared him slightly . |