Example sentences of "she [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice . |
| 2 | Suddenly she felt nervous , though she fought not to show it . |
| 3 | As she hurried upstairs to the bedroom , which still seemed to hold Leo 's presence , she tried not to indulge in daydreams that would in all probability prove to be no more substantial than the rainbows she 'd witnessed earlier . |
| 4 | She felt little pain unless she moved , which she tried not to do as she struggled to pull apart the serrated jaws of the trap . |
| 5 | She tried not to dwell on why it was that she had n't . |
| 6 | His shoulders , she tried not to remember , were broad , his skin attractively tanned . |
| 7 | As Ariel 's voice reached through the darkness that had walled up Sycorax in pain , she tried to recall some of the things she had once known ; she murmured and found that when she did so Ariel stopped singing , so she tried not to remember out loud , but to save the retrieved pieces inside her so that the low , scraping voice of the girl she loved would not be interrupted . |
| 8 | She tried not to wish he could go away even though the room was cramping them . |
| 9 | Apprehension was something she tried not to acknowledge . |
| 10 | But she came to the kitchen when summoned to help , and she tried not to grumble at the repetitive nature of the work and the talk . |
| 11 | She tried not to snatch his arm off , and waited all of a second and a half before , ‘ I 'd like to , very much , ’ she accepted . |
| 12 | She tried not to sound excited . |
| 13 | She tried not to sound triumphant . |
| 14 | She tried not to sound as though she were interrogating the older woman . |
| 15 | She tried not to listen to Mr Skinner . |
| 16 | She tried not to lie to the child , as she had been lied to . |
| 17 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |
| 18 | As she looked into it , she tried not to let slip just what a luxury this was . |
| 19 | Called to order he was silent for a moment , then resumed his loud comments which disconcerted Therese , however hard she tried not to let them . |
| 20 | She tried not to imagine his sympathetic brown eyes looking into hers , and his disarming smile when she spoke to him , perhaps their hands touching as she passed him the local anaesthetic — This is no use ! she admonished herself , rubbing energetically at a stainless steel trolley . |
| 21 | She tried not to drop her glance . |
| 22 | Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them . |
| 23 | Her chin wobbled , she could n't control it , however hard she tried not to cry as his words reached her . |
| 24 | But the harder she tried not to make mistakes the more they seemed to occur . |
| 25 | She tried not to make a sound , because she did n't want to disturb her husband . |
| 26 | She tried not to flinch as he passed within arm 's length , but he reached by her and re-opened the office door . |
| 27 | She tried not to interfere in her children 's lives . |
| 28 | She tried not to smile at the wording , and then she handed it back . |
| 29 | If Maggie was envious she tried not to show it , but it was hard not to make comparisons . |
| 30 | She tried not to show it , but she was not quick enough for Huy . |