Example sentences of "what she [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she would n't give for a nice warm lap to rest her head in . |
| 2 | She was embarking on what she would always regard as the pleasantest years of her life . |
| 3 | ‘ I just said that I was having a drink with her to ask her what she would really like as a wedding present from the firm , because men are no good at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 4 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 5 | But , he favoured her with what she could only perceive as a reassuring smile when , ‘ I 'm on my way to Mariánské Láznë myself , ’ he commented easily , ‘ so that 's one problem you can forget . ’ |
| 6 | There she found herself ensconced in a huge grey suede and chrome armchair , clutching a hefty measure of Scotch , and staring blankly around at what she could only assume to be the ‘ minimalist ’ style of interior decoration . |
| 7 | She was shocked to the very roots of her being by what she could only think of as an outrage ; a violation of her person . |
| 8 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |