Example sentences of "she [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she compare the task of dusting and polishing the magnificent English furniture to the drudgery of cleaning our house , where there were only tom rags , a broom and a pail of water , and you had to go down on your knees to scrub the floor and do the endless piles of washing by hand ? |
| 2 | But the Marschallin does not misjudge , nor does she sentimentalize the situation . |
| 3 | Why did she deliver the message then ? |
| 4 | How could she explain the loathing in Esther Ward 's voice , and the awful contempt in which she held both Richard and Beth … the very people whom Elizabeth idolised ? |
| 5 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 6 | Only when he went into the Victoria Nursing Home did she make the trip to Brighton — just a fortnight before he died . |
| 7 | When did she make the coffee ? |
| 8 | Does she want the stump digging up as well ? |
| 9 | ‘ And just why did she stay the night in Piazza Pitti ? ’ |
| 10 | Did she bury the Bonio yesterday or she actually end up crunching it ? |
| 11 | Not for a second did she doubt the truth of what he was saying , but to gain time she licked her dry lips and croaked : |
| 12 | ‘ Did she know the statistics ? ’ began the poet injuriously , longing to tell us what Sissy Jupe in Hard Times appropriately called the ‘ stutterings . ’ |
| 13 | Why should she know the name ? |
| 14 | Did she know the meaning of the word ? |
| 15 | Neither does she consider the possibility that there are reasons for doing degrees other than as qualifications for jobs ; therefore humanities degrees are a ‘ waste of time ’ . |
| 16 | Wo n't she need the charity belt ? ’ |
| 17 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 18 | Why did she collect the knives and forks and clear the table ? |
| 19 | Would my honourable friend er recognise that just up the River Thames from er the South Thames tech is the Surrey tech which is doing and excellent job with local industry in re-skilling particularly younger people and this partnership with industry , not just dependent on what the government does , but what industry itself does to try and help people get back into jobs with the new challenges that are coming from the difficulties that are presented by higher calibre needed particularly for school leavers and other and will he w would she welcome the Surrey tech 's initiative ? |
| 20 | Only gradually did she perceive the extent of his coldness . |
| 21 | She was puzzled for some moments as to the source of the smell , so little did she expect the brothers would be so dirty . |
| 22 | And what did she give the boy ? ’ |
| 23 | Will she also emphasise that we are building on success and , to this end , will she give the House the figures for 1988 , 1989 and 1990 on the proportion of American and Japanese investment in the EC which came to Britain ? |
| 24 | Would she accept this figure which is lower than any national curriculum subject is bound to affect the quality of R E teaching and er can she give the House an assurance that this matter will be addressed urgently . |
| 25 | ‘ Did n't she identify the body ? |
| 26 | Only when evening comes does she lift the lid a chink and peer out , checking whether darkness has yet come . |
| 27 | She might not be able to run away should she feel the need . |
| 28 | ‘ If Deveril changed her name , why did she carry the motto of her family with her ? ’ |
| 29 | Although she could n't be seen herself , neither could she see the shed or , more importantly , the exact location of the sniper . |
| 30 | In the night does she see the sun , and in the darkness does she see light . |