Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun sg] she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case she might just as well be punctual for their mutually unwelcome assignation , rather than give him cause for further sarcasm at her expense ! |
| 2 | Now she 'd only have to sneeze and the whole damn thing would slide off her shoulders and into a heap on the floor , in which case she might fairly be accused of trying too hard . |
| 3 | Relatives often seem to feel that they do not need to bring a contribution , unless , of course , you are young , living alone for the first time and being visited by your mother , in which case she will probably bring a month 's supply of food and wash up for you as well ! |
| 4 | This was the corner to which she had tottered , her mother holding her on white leather reins , her legs encased in knitted leggings whose scratchiness she could still remember . |
| 5 | Perhaps it can be traced even deeper in the past — we can go back to the time when the woman first attracted the man whose child she will later bear , or to the onset of her menstruation , when her body signalled its readiness for pregnancy . |
| 6 | He seemed far away from Ruth , in a trance whose nature she could only guess at — but free , she thought , of the despair and anger that beset him in their own world . |
| 7 | Absurdly , she felt jealous of Student Cross as of some unknown quantity , some hidden source of fascination , whose attraction she could neither understand nor compete with . |
| 8 | She developed some useful contacts in the antique textile field including one dealer whose name she would never divulge , even to her own assistants in the company . |
| 9 | ‘ Imagine that ! ’ she had said again , to her escort , who wore white gloves , of course , because it was evening , but whose name she could never remember — it might have been any one of half a dozen — and whose fresh , young face was in shadow . |
| 10 | She was lying naked on bare boards in an empty room , not bound but somehow bounded , and a man whose face she could never see , his mouth so sweet it was like eating candy to kiss him , made violent love to her . |
| 11 | And if he returned safely to the Tuthanach , then he might survive the boy Tig long enough for Tallis to return and question him after whatever journey she might soon take , through the highest room of the fortress , through the cave : in Harry 's footsteps . |
| 12 | All those things that had once appealed to every instinct inside her for excitement failed to arouse anything but a nagging desire to look at her watch and wonder what time she could reasonably convince André that it was time to leave . |