Example sentences of "[Wh det] she now " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady after lady breathed heavier when Pen dashed in and out , and on the days when Wilson was a little late with the supper — which she now undertook to provide — on account of having been delayed taking tea with Mrs Browning there was not a word of complaint but only a diffident enquiry as to how the venerable poetess had seemed . |
| 2 | I am greatly touched that she thinks of me and remembers me even in the state of forgetfulness of human affairs in which she now finds herself . |
| 3 | Rising from the toilet , she pulls the nightdress over her head and steps into the bath , not first pulling the chain of the toilet because that would affect the temperature of the water coming through the showerhead on the end of its flexible tube , with which she now hoses herself down . |
| 4 | Surely the very power which she now felt she possessed would enlighten her later about how it was to be exercised . |
| 5 | This psychological edifice , to the creation and maintenance of which she now devoted her energy , she pictured as a kind of large machine erected inside her body , stretching it out and making her tall and rigid like a hard glistening monument . |
| 6 | The highly organised St Stephen 's Society programme which she now leads was at that time a closed book to her ! |
| 7 | So , over the years there had been a number of leather bags added to those under the loose floor boards beneath the bed in which she now spent her nights and , in her time , expected to die … |
| 8 | Carla sent him a lawyer 's letter , demanded that he pay her £500 and write a grovelling letter , which she now has framed . |
| 9 | The bathroom — which was lavish even by Mayfair standards — was all glass and cool , muted blues , which had looked lovely when she had put it in , but which she now thought was cold and vaguely forbidding , and as she pulled off her pyjama top , she thought it made her flesh look white and dead . |
| 10 | Her mother was holding a small purse of kid leather , which she now untied to reveal a silver chain , upon which hung a medallion of the Blessed Virgin . |
| 11 | She was attracted to him partly by the little-boy-lost quality which she now finds so infuriating . |
| 12 | She wondered who had been reading so recently on the carefully made bed , or if this fat book , which she now saw to be a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories , were a relic of the past summer , and the maid , or whoever cleared the house , was devotedly keeping her employer 's place . |
| 13 | It was n't fair , just or right for the Signora to come before the hour appointed ; she should have been admitted by Giovanna herself and the keys should have remained hanging on their appointed hook ; the other set being in the pocket of Giovanna 's overall from which she now drew them and held them up making it clear that they would be relinquished only upon her death and then only into the hands of Signor Kettering . |
| 14 | Sharon Harrington is a very active member of the group who has also been influential in the setting up of the Blyth Valley Self-Advocacy Group , which she now chairs . |
| 15 | Jehana at Alexei 's side grasped the sleeve of his coat , and he saw that she carried a hiranu which was similar to his own , save that it was encased in a jewelled sheath and was strapped to the girdle which she now wore over her gown . |
| 16 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 17 | Her independence was further underlined by an impending marriage , news of which she now shared with Taheb . |
| 18 | Unfortunately there was nothing fictitious about the situation in which she now found herself — and one which she really must resolve as soon as possible . |
| 19 | She gave him that chill , remote look which she now knew infuriated him , and felt a fierce satisfaction to see him struggle for self-control . |
| 20 | If you have a really warm relationship with your elderly parent and the two of you communicate well , you may also be able to help her a good deal by occasional discussions on attitudes generally in bereavement and the more positive aspects of what has been such a tragic and painful experience for her ; steering her tenderly towards the realisation that what she now has is not only what Dylan Thomas 's wife described as ‘ left-over life to kill ’ , but left-over love to give , which is a very different thing . |
| 21 | Yet she also knew that if she had succumbed to her longing she would not have been satisfied , knowing what she now knew of the terrible difficulties of love . |
| 22 | In order to earn her keep Diana joined the ranks of what she now dismissively refers to as the ‘ velvet hairband ’ brigade , the upper-class ladies who fit a loose template of values , fashions , breeding and attitudes and are commonly known as ‘ Sloane Rangers ’ . |
| 23 | Sebastian seemed as cheerful as ever , but what she now saw as the unthinking , meaningless nature of his good nature irritated her almost beyond bearing . |
| 24 | Dana 's voice came back to her with its underlying excitement and what she now realised was fear . |
| 25 | Well , she had shrugged her shoulders metaphorically at that , and oh , how she wished that she had heeded him , instead of going on what she now saw clearly had been her wilful way . |
| 26 | ‘ You must listen to this , ’ said Hugo , and Valerie , out of simple love , stopped writing and listened , though Lover at the Gate was in mid-flow and she did not want her concentration spoiled : what she now put on the page was beginning to have the quality of automatic writing : she feared the cutting-in of her own rationality : doubt would come with it , and hesitation . |
| 27 | Marjorie had only told her what she had really always known — or , rather , what she now felt she had always known and hypocritically ignored . |
| 28 | Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen . |
| 29 | The solution was to bring what she now calls ‘ some false bravado into play ’ , to answer him back , giving the impression of a strength and security she really did n't feel . |