Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write a report , warning her briefly of any problems and difficulties of interpretation that might occur and suggest how she might best proceed with the study . |
| 2 | She had not realised how she would never stop needing him but now she could see the future and it was dark . |
| 3 | He guessed that was how she would always be , blocking out everything for the preferred world of her own creation until an idea was spent . |
| 4 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 5 | Theresa 's had to get a gas mask for little James but she ca n't imagine how she 'd ever put it on the poor child . |
| 6 | That Ann probably be alright now , but that 's how she should ever so |
| 7 | Aunt Harriet would have been cross , normally , for the seat of the swing made green press-marks on her skirt , but the visitor had spoken up for her , taken whatever blame there was and Aunt Harriet had led Eleanor away to wash her hands before tea , telling her how very , very lucky she was , and how she must always be grateful to the Minister and remember this occasion in future years . |
| 8 | It screwed me up thinking how the invalid 's hopes must have soared at the sound of my entry , and how she must now be falling into deeper and deeper misery because of the silence and the nothing happening . |
| 9 | She wondered again what sort of trouble he was in and how she could best help . |
| 10 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 11 | Her nanny , though , was once stopped in the street by someone demanding to know how she could possibly have a child by a black man . |
| 12 | I felt aggrieved at this because I had not worked with the sister during my placement , and could not imagine how she could possibly assess my work and capability . |
| 13 | Though how she could possibly have killed her husband , I ca n't think . ’ |
| 14 | Not for the first time , Beth asked herself how she could so readily condemn David for being so weak as to love someone who had treated him in such a callous and despicable manner , when she herself was guilty of the very same weakness ! |
| 15 | Her face was blank , and Meryl found herself wondering how she could ever have imagined that they had some kind of common bond , women in medicine , friendship . |
| 16 | I do n't see how she could ever be Queen . |
| 17 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 18 | When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it . |
| 19 | Miranda fleetingly wondered how she could ever have thought that Adam had a withholding , guarded nature . |
| 20 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 21 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 22 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 23 | As the words formed themselves in her mind , she did n't know how she could ever utter them . |
| 24 | His eyes shone with mischief , and she wondered how she could ever have thought him boring . |
| 25 | He was one of the first to design TV campaigns : you know , the super-hero voice advising the daffy housewife how she can best clean his clothes ? |
| 26 | I agree entirely with that sentiment , but I find it hard to understand how she can then be so keen to hand over so much power to Brussels on decisions that affect people at a local level , whether on farming , training or whatever . |
| 27 | I do n't know how she can ever get on with anything . |
| 28 | That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’ |
| 29 | Why she should immediately think it might be Sebastian , when he had his own key anyway , she did n't know . |
| 30 | And as they passed the rows upon rows of back yards , the grey washing on curious pulleys , the backs of hardboard dressing tables , the dust-bins and the coal sheds , it occurred to her to wonder why she should so suddenly feel herself to be peculiarly blessed , and a dreadful grief for all those without blessings took hold of her , and a terror at the singular nature of her escape . |