Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made a joke of it , saying she had given Heather all the most exclusive matchbooks in her collection , that it was ironic how she 'd become a slave to her sister 's hobby . ’ |
| 2 | A BRITISH woman is waiting to hear how she can reclaim a family estate deep inside the former Soviet Union . |
| 3 | It baffled her as to why she should feel a tingle in her veins just because Piers Morrison was lying only a few inches away from her . |
| 4 | Her father has to sleep in the same room since he has to attend to her during the night when she may need a bed pan up to four times . |
| 5 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 6 | The hut roof was fairly whole now , and she had built a tiny hearth under the highest part of the roof where she might risk a fire . |
| 7 | ‘ It was partly the Welshness of it all which appealed to her — the wool is grown , spun , woven and made up here in Wales , but it was also her feeling that in the commercial life everything was grab , grab , grab and here was a little corner of the world where she could do a bit of good . ’ |
| 8 | The tall dark girl got off the London train and as she passed through the barrier at Stowerton station she asked the woman collecting tickets where she could get a taxi . |
| 9 | It was bad enough having to sleep in the steerage — lying on the floor wherever she could find a place , where cockroaches and rats could run over her while she slept . |