Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then had to visualize walking slowly towards them , knowing that she could stop whenever she wanted to so that she did not feel that she was being compelled to go near these birds . |
| 2 | Then she would have been free to leave the house whenever she wanted . |
| 3 | When we were dressing up kids , I always tried to look elegant , classy , sexy or feminine , whereas she dressed more how she wanted in weird and wacky costumes , like a cowboy outfit . |
| 4 | Jeanette knew exactly how she wanted to look on here wedding day , but could n't find the right dress pattern . |
| 5 | ‘ Binge ’ diary Week 1 Decided to give up vomiting ; binged three times 2–3 Noticed that when stressed by children she turned to food and binged 4–5 Binged only once each week 6–7 Returned home and observed how she wanted to please her parents 8–9 On holiday , eating three meals a day — discovered she did not put on weight . |
| 6 | That 's how she wanted it . |
| 7 | When my father died there were a lot of quarrels between my mother and I. I 'd always lived with my father , so I did n't know her , or how she wanted me to be . |
| 8 | But that was n't how she wanted it . |
| 9 | She explained to Deborah James , chosen from 300 applicants , how she wanted ‘ the design system to be as perfect as it could be so that the accountants could not spoil it ’ — ‘ accountants ’ having now become for Laura a generic term for anyone not on the design team . |
| 10 | Well , if that was how she wanted it … |
| 11 | People usually liked her , but Roman Wyatt regarded her with loathing and she knew that was n't how she wanted him to think of her . |
| 12 | Oh , how she wanted to cry . |
| 13 | Oh , how she wanted him to . |
| 14 | Hardly how she wanted to appear when she 'd planned on wearing the dress to visit the hotels she wanted to do business with . |
| 15 | How she wanted to wipe it from his face ! |
| 16 | ‘ That is why she wanted them to remain here . ’ |
| 17 | About why she wanted to bring the children over . ’ |
| 18 | Another neighbour , Dr Charles Wright , said : ‘ We knew they were having marital difficulties , but Jane would n't tell anyone why she wanted a divorce . ’ |
| 19 | Erlich could see why she wanted to deliver her flowers . |
| 20 | That 's why she wanted to get away quickly . ’ |
| 21 | I wondered why she wanted us both . |
| 22 | Was that why she wanted a memento of her family ? |
| 23 | She did n't tell me what I was doing , so all right , I pushed , and I gave birth to the afterbirth and thought , Oh , that 's why she wanted me to push . |
| 24 | She did n't know why she wanted this so much , either . |
| 25 | Folly followed her guide , praying that the girl would n't ask why she wanted to see Luke Hunter , and trying to think up a good excuse in case she did . |
| 26 | But earlier she explained why she wanted to break the law yet again . |
| 27 | I ca n't remember er , she gave me the reason why she wanted these for oh , he , he , he always wears his cuffs out or something . |
| 28 | Why she wanted a white one ? |
| 29 | Indeed , Prussian hegemony fitted into precisely the gap between the two since , where centralisation took place , it was invariably convergence with Prussia , yet the commitment to remain centralised allowed her to defend her interests when she wanted to . |
| 30 | Mother , I ca n't support us if I ca n't work , she always used to say when she wanted a bit of peace and quiet … what chance of peace and quiet with a baby in the tiny flat ? |