Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 She applied herself to what she had decided was a prototype .
2 When pressed by Blanche she added nothing to what she had said before .
3 She hated him for what he was doing to her .
4 Unless , like Chris Patten , she needed you for what she could n't do herself ( write a decent speech ) , any wet , however bright , was kippered on the back benches .
5 First , Matthew 's secretary , the girl who works in the office next door , turned up for work as usual this morning ; she lives a few miles out and she knew nothing of what had happened . ’
6 Then she knew it for what it was .
7 After a while Lily began to talk , and I realized that she understood nothing of what I had said about the war .
8 She had always pitied Kathleen and never liked Cormac , who had not tried to protect his sister , but now as she lay awake at night she saw him for what he was : a pitiable victim of his mother 's obsession .
9 She treated herself with what seemed like utter severity .
10 She began to rake from the front of the house towards the road , then realized she had nothing in which to put the leaves .
11 Not for sustenance , but so that she had something on which to focus her attention while she thought about her response to him .
12 In the meantime she briefed me on what to expect on confronting the ‘ mirror ’ .
13 She instructed them on what had happened and what she had done , and what she recommended be done next .
14 She disliked herself for what she was saying , for she knew the risk he had taken to be with her .
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