Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] she [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , she stays in East Cowton where hopefully she will mate . |
| 2 | That she 'd lost her normally very healthy appetite , reduced to picking desultorily at meals where once she would have tucked in hungrily ? |
| 3 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 4 | But more often than not she would climb the stairs — however many flights there might be — as she felt panic rising within her as soon as she tried to step into the lift . |
| 5 | All in all she got herself in such a state that it was a distinct let-down when she was met by Mike Booker , the team manager , although why she should have thought that the reigning world champion would bother to come and meet a flight at Nice airport was a question she was n't too happy to answer . |
| 6 | Minch would have to shut him up and calm down Slorne herself until eventually she would quieten herself down and let the rest of us get some peace and quiet . ’ |
| 7 | Willingly she would have surrendered the gift of consciousness if only she might drift like these in a blind passion of being , exempt from question ; yet even as she yearned wistfully so , another voice inside her agitated mind was whispering the old caveat from the Rosarium : that all error arose from failure to begin with the proper substance , from a proud forgetfulness that the magisterium is Nature 's work and not the worker 's . |
| 8 | If only she would join with him now , perhaps together they could find a way through this terrible situation . |
| 9 | As for her daughter , Madeleine had shown no signs of dropping Lionel Dunbar , and a quiet word with his mother had confirmed that he had every intention of marrying Madeleine if only she would agree to accept him . |
| 10 | If only she would pick up the receiver . |
| 11 | ‘ If only she 'd clear off into the dower house , ’ she told herself , ‘ I could really improve things here . ’ |
| 12 | But the other night when Heidi , when she was practising her song , she 's so dramatic all the time going you know if only she 'd do that when she 's on the stage you know put erm action into her singing . |
| 13 | If only she 'd leave me in peace to enjoy it . |
| 14 | She should never have gone , it was her fault , if only she 'd come back a day earlier , how would she manage if … ? |
| 15 | That stupid man — But if only she could explain before the policeman took official note of what had happened , the situation might remain relatively simple … |
| 16 | If only she could fit the jigsaw together and get a clear picture of this man who so intrigued her . |
| 17 | If only she could sleep . |
| 18 | There was probably a perfectly simple explanation , if only she could give her mind to it , but for the moment she seemed incapable of logical thought . |
| 19 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 20 | She saw no sequence in what was happening , and no coherence , but she knew it was there to be seen , if only she could achieve the right angle of vision . |
| 21 | If only she could meet some really suitable older man . |
| 22 | If only she could tell him the truth . |
| 23 | If only she could tell him how she longed for him to carry her off , but would n't that make him think her wanton ? |
| 24 | Oh , if only she could stop crying … |
| 25 | Rosalba felt that if only she could stop blinking and concentrate totally on the sweet and grieving countenance of the Madonna of the Spasm , she would catch the fleeting flutter of her eyelids and twitch of her lips as she granted Rosa 's prayer . |
| 26 | If only she could examine the complex landscape of her mind . |
| 27 | She felt that if only she could reach her father-in-law and confront him with her fears for George 's safety , he would somehow make everything all right . |
| 28 | There had to be a perfectly simple explanation to all this — if only she could think what it was . |
| 29 | If only she could see the good work they are doing there among young people . |
| 30 | If only she could see what an act it was , how scared Lucy was now feeling deep inside . |