Example sentences of "day [Wh adv] she [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some ways those days when she had lived in Paula 's shadow seemed a very long time ago , in others they might have been just yesterday . |
| 2 | The kettle began to boil , and she completed the ritual of tea-making , finally standing the pot on a porcelain plate with Windsor Castle painted on it , mounted on sterling-silver trivets , and crowning it with a tea cosy knitted by Matey back in the days when she had lived in the Cochranes country house , now almost derelict since Stair 's expensive debauchery had impoverished the estate . |
| 3 | It was one of those days where she stood staring at corridors of soup cans , dithering between chicken korma and coconut or sweetcorn and satay . |
| 4 | Peggy smiled and , looking towards her stepfather , she said , ‘ Yes , I can imagine how he gets on your nerves , ’ at the same time questioning why her mother should be so happy , and she a settled woman forty years old , whereas she was twenty-one and so miserable inside that there were days where she wanted to take to her heels and run . |
| 5 | She is extremely well behaved , and travels everywhere with me — to open days where she has to cope with lots of people , visits to playgroups to teach the children how to approach a strange dog , friends ' houses , talks I give , dog clubs and work engagements . |
| 6 | Walking away from Dudley — with the feeling that once again she was deserting her grandfather — she thought back to the moment on last New Year 's Day when she had looked down Nordale from her bedroom window , all eagerness for what 1848 would bring . |
| 7 | All Rachel could see in her mind 's eye was Irene Markham 's gaunt features on the day when she 'd gone to Brooklands to pick David up . |