Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh adv] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so whenever she imagined this scene , she knew that when it came to the visitor 's question she would capitulate and declare against her wishes , against her desire : ‘ Yes . |
| 2 | Several emotions battered her at once then , so how she managed to find a voice that was as cool as his she would never know . |
| 3 | For it had dawned upon her suddenly why she had been able to take such pure pleasure in the Lord Owen 's triumph , unspotted by any tincture of regret or sympathy for these humbled princes driven so ignominiously out of Wales at his hands . |
| 4 | It was only when she went to America , headlining for the first time , that she came across the curious racial classification with which music there is compartmentalised . |
| 5 | It was only when she went to supper that she found the reason why . |
| 6 | It was only when she realised that she had n't used the unarmed combat that was by now second nature to her , but was struggling in a manner that was instinctive , that she stopped . |
| 7 | It was only when she had closed the door behind her and was hurrying along the corridor that led back into the hall that she noticed the painting . |
| 8 | It was only when she had it on that she realised the danger of this . |
| 9 | It was only when she began to spend time at CBS 's corporate headquarters that Wilson realised just how congenial the atmosphere at Virgin had been by comparison — particularly for a highly motivated woman . |
| 10 | It was only when she ceased her household duties , refused to cook and clean , refused herself to eat , and went and sat day after day in the park , never changing her clothes , and wandering about with plastic bags full of old newspapers , that anyone took notice . |
| 11 | It was only when she got home and looked in the hall mirror that she saw the enormous dark red love bite on her neck . |
| 12 | It was only when she came out that she noticed the carriage they were driving back in . |
| 13 | It was only when she reached the bedroom that Shannon realised she 'd forgotten to take her coffee with her . |
| 14 | It was only when she moved in that she discovered the coincidence , and did some research with the British Museum . |
| 15 | It was only when she sat down that she realized why there were several spaces : her section of the carriage contained a group of unruly Italian teenagers who were obviously well beyond the control of the two middle-aged nuns accompanying them . |
| 16 | It was only when she found herself being abruptly swept off his lap , and on to the leather seat beside him , that she managed to start pulling herself together . |
| 17 | It was only when she started talking to Flaubert that she was seen to relax . |
| 18 | It was only when she exhibited her portraits in a boardroom that the medical staff actually saw what she was doing and she finally felt accepted . |
| 19 | It was only when she learned of the two latest attacks that she decided to come forward . |
| 20 | She wanted to see Timothy to explain personally why she had married Oswin . |
| 21 | It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town and the traffic had dwindled to a trickle . |
| 22 | It was barely eight o'clock when she decided she might as well go to bed , but , when she headed towards the kitchen to make a suppertime hot drink , he followed her . |
| 23 | Well , that Arthur turned up at last and the vicar married them , but afterwards me sister let Arthur know just 'ow she felt , she chucked the whole weddin' cake at 'im , then 'er bokey an' then a full bottle of port . |
| 24 | She found herself wondering painfully how she compared in that respect with this Sybil . |
| 25 | Mary told him how she had taken provisions to Granny Fordham , then seen the deer in the back of the car , and been chased , and finally how she had cross the marsh to reach the keeper before the raiders got away . |
| 26 | Dragged through a hedge backwards was probably exactly how she looked . |
| 27 | Meanwhile further tests are being carried out on Tania Probyn 's body … to solve the mystery of exactly how she died . |
| 28 | They accept that they 'll probably never know exactly how she died . |
| 29 | A good many parents know exactly how she felt and could echo the same sentiments . |
| 30 | She 'd always thought that the phrase ‘ going weak at the knees ’ was an over-used cliché with no reference to reality , yet that was exactly how she felt . |