Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie glanced over at the punch bowl thinking she would n't mind some . |
| 2 | Her side she wo n't have it . |
| 3 | For her own sake it was a side she could n't afford to see too often . |
| 4 | Even if he now commanded her , as he was undressing , to open her eyes she would not see his powerful , barrel-chested body as it came at her . |
| 5 | His enthusiasm was infectious , and as Merrill looked up at the lively amber glint in his eyes she could n't suppress a smile . |
| 6 | Beside him , Melanie was acutely conscious of her clumsy hands and the long legs she could not arrange elegantly , no matter how hard she tried . |
| 7 | The 12-inch tall toy was lost somewhere on the hill between Mynydd Isa and Mold and though Karen retraced her steps she could not find it . |
| 8 | With a rush of emotion she could n't put a name to Luce realised that her first instinctive feeling about him had been absolutely right . |
| 9 | He did wheel towards her then , his face contorted with an emotion she could n't fathom . |
| 10 | Yet for Rita Allen , life in Canada has brought promise of a fuller future — a kind of future she could n't have contemplated before . |
| 11 | Why motherhood should have become such an obsession she could not imagine , but she did understand that whatever was the matter with her was contributing to her misery . |
| 12 | And if she adds any more biscuits to the regular quota she wo n't get through the door anyway . |
| 13 | I thought Gran and Jake had ruined my childhood , Jake because he was n't like other boys and Gran because to my mind she would n't do enough about him . |
| 14 | She could n't even eat with people she did n't like , and as for sleeping with anyone — unless she was wildly in love or pissed out of her mind she could n't do it . |
| 15 | The Common Cause , reporting a case of the wrongful arrest of a woman for alleged prostitution , commented that the suspect was ‘ taken to a man 's court , tried and sentenced by men under men 's laws for a fault she can not commit alone ’ . |
| 16 | He glared at her , as if it were her fault she could n't remember . |
| 17 | She throbbed with the effort of containing words she could not speak . |
| 18 | They were speaking words she could not grasp but now they were speaking them to her rather than to each other and their tone was sympathetic , cajoling . |
| 19 | He told her some more , including complex words she could not follow and which she was sure she was not meant to . |
| 20 | He murmured in Italian , words she could not understand , let go of her wrists , and swept her into his arms , gathering her to him until her heart was pressed tightly to his , until her hands lifted and slipped around his neck . |
| 21 | A house in France was a luxury she could n't afford , but she needed to visit it at least once — to make a reasoned decision about the future of her unexpected inheritance . |
| 22 | The track felt soft and slithery but in the dark she could n't see what it was she was stepping on . |
| 23 | well for god 's sake , I mean I often wonder about people who make noise like this how they would feel if we did do the same , but I still say because we 've done our polystyrene insulation she ca n't hear us , it 's worked in the reverse ai n't it ? |
| 24 | There was a question on her lips she could not articulate . |
| 25 | He should believe in her character , and not object to a past action she could not avoid . |
| 26 | He was taller than any human being she had ever seen , and his hair , a pale gold streaked with silver , seemed to be lifted from his brow in a wind she could n't feel . |
| 27 | A friend of mine did it erm they did n't burn the erm the spirit when they 'd finished and erm you know you 're meant to actually put a piece of paper under and burn it under the light or smash the glass and erm for the next six months she could n't sleep properly and it felt like there , she was like tormented and erm things were like pulling at her , her bedclothes and I swear she 's like seeing a psy a psychia psychiatrist and she had to sleep in her parents ' room and everything really scary . |
| 28 | She knew he 'd worked for Bonanza , and the chances were that in her nervous condition she would n't question his appearance . |
| 29 | She passes the flower over the floating corpse , turns away from the scene she ca n't bear to watch . |
| 30 | If it 's this cold she might not bother coming back |