Example sentences of "what she [verb] [vb infin] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she did know was that she never wanted to go away again . |
| 2 | What she did know was that he lived with his mother and two brothers , and that after the war he would go back to work in an insurance office . |
| 3 | She did n't know but what she did know was that Fernando would n't do anything to hurt anyone … only herself , as he had threatened when she had first arrived here at the lovely Casa Pinar . |
| 4 | What she did see was hair the colour of rich , ruby port wine , swept up , somehow , from the forehead and hanging past her shoulders in a heavy , shining mass that curled under at the sides and bottom like a long page-boy bob . |
| 5 | What she did get was five children and two poodles … ’ |
| 6 | She did n't quite , but what she did understand was that she hated this woman , and the thought momentarily came to her that that man would n't surely have been as bad as this mean-faced nun . |
| 7 | But what she did have was an eye and an ear and a view about promotion right from the beginning . |
| 8 | What she did like was a roundabout where you went up and down gradually as over waves , in a car that swung slightly but did n't turn . |
| 9 | What she did say was , ‘ In future there 's going to be a new rule : you 're going to have your bath before your daddy comes home . ’ |