Example sentences of "what she [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she does regret , though , is the comparative lack of guitar repertoire from her favourite Romantic period ( she cites Rachmaninov as a special hero ) . |
| 2 | I gather she either does n't know very much about Uncle Adam or does n't care very much about what she does know . ’ |
| 3 | And perhaps what she does know wo n't help me , anyway . |
| 4 | sounds all like bloody what she does say . |
| 5 | said they 'd been recording things for her wanting to see what she does see when she 's old . |
| 6 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 7 | What she did decide to do was to enquire the reason for this unexpected obstinacy against Paris and Charles s new friend . |
| 8 | Oh , if only she knew exactly what she did want ! |
| 9 | Carrie was n't sure what she did mean . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't mean … you know … ’ she said feebly , and the waif-like expression on her strained face made it difficult to grasp immediately what she did mean . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't mean we should get to know each other — ’ She broke off , not sure what she did mean when he looked at her in such open invitation . |
| 12 | ‘ But I did n't mean — I meant — ’ She floundered in a sea of confusion , not sure now , in the face of his implacable logic , what she did mean . |
| 13 | And she had no intention of telling him just what she did think of him , not that it would have made sense , anyway — either to him or , more importantly , to herself . |
| 14 | What she did know was that she never wanted to go away again . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Motherly but firm , ignorant but insistent on communicating what she did know , she was an excellent teacher for the lower forms . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | What she did see , at last , was a signpost . |
| 19 | What she did see , however , was a countenance dark with anger , and her smile died away . |
| 20 | Her view of the interior of the shed was limited but what she did see raised her hopes . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | What she did get was five children and two poodles … ’ |
| 23 | What she did mind — minded quite horribly — was that it would upset Auntie Lou . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He judged her worthy of finer clothes , for what she did have on she wore with an air . |
| 26 | But what she did have was an eye and an ear and a view about promotion right from the beginning . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What she did say , though , was enough for me to know that Leith and I wo n't be moving to London . ’ |