Example sentences of "many [noun pl] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked how many eggcups she had and what colour they was |
| 2 | She had turned her back on her upbringing , but it did n't matter how many times she told Vicky . |
| 3 | But Kate knew that no matter how many times she told herself that , she would always blame herself . |
| 4 | No matter how many times she made the journey , this on-high vista proved endlessly fascinating . |
| 5 | She could remember very little about his fatal collapse , no matter how many times she went over it in her mind . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't tell you , darling , how many times she sent the character juvenile out to buy cheroots . |
| 7 | How many times she had felt a lift of excitement when she saw that sign and knew that Riverstown was only ten minutes away . |
| 8 | Constance remembered the many times she had seen her mother and him alone together either in the village street or at home ; she had been uneasily aware of their absorption in each other . |
| 9 | As they had passed by Du Cane Road , where the entrance to Wormwood Scrubs prison was , she had been reminded of how many times she had been there , visiting either her husband or one of the older boys . |
| 10 | So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do . |
| 11 | So many times she had felt as if he had just steamrollered his way right over her , refusing to listen to her arguments , just using his overpowering physical and mental strength to get his own way . |
| 12 | So many times she had helped at the scene of an accident and felt the same need to be with people afterwards , just to be sure , as he said , that she was still alive . |
| 13 | I can not say at what speed they moved , or how many times she circled the base of the tower , running as if her life depended on it . |
| 14 | Although the farmer expected his wife to cope , in many cases she had little preparation for the job . |
| 15 | He 'd asked her to wait for him , and although she 'd been too angry at the time to say that she would , she had nevertheless avoided marriage to anyone else despite the many proposals she 'd had . |
| 16 | While the silence lengthened , he reflected upon the cruelty of Fate : had he but waited , had he refused to give in to Ann 's pleadings , he might even now be in a position to make Martha his own ; but as things had turned out he was saddled with a wife he did not love and would never love — however many sons she bore him . |
| 17 | Picton-Howell 's main mission in life was to record faithfully the minutes of the many meetings she attended . |
| 18 | ‘ She might 've had two lots of make-up , and you do n't know how many nighties she 's got . ’ |
| 19 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 20 | But she was amazed when told how many calories she had just consumed . |
| 21 | In many respects she found him an enigma . |
| 22 | Expecting it to be someone high up in one of the many companies she had dealings with — though it was unusual for Jimmy not to supply her with a name — she announced efficiently , ‘ Leith Everett . ’ |
| 23 | She wondered again how many offences she had committed since failing to go to the police in Paris . |
| 24 | And , because of what had happened to his father , honesty and integrity were of far greater importance to him than to many businessmen she had worked for . |
| 25 | For many years she had worked as a librarian before switching to journalism , training ‘ on-the-job ’ under an American industrial and securities correspondent and as personal assistant to Dan Rather , now CBS 's news anchorman , then becoming a freelance writer . |
| 26 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 27 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 28 | Tinka 's home is now in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , but for many years she lived in Johannesburg , where she established the Medau Society of South Africa . |
| 29 | Irene Schwidurski missed all those , since for many years she has refused to observe the major public holidays of the GDR , 1 May and 7 October , the date the state was founded . |
| 30 | For many years she delivered the mail when her mother ran the post office . |