Example sentences of "she [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she compare the task of dusting and polishing the magnificent English furniture to the drudgery of cleaning our house , where there were only tom rags , a broom and a pail of water , and you had to go down on your knees to scrub the floor and do the endless piles of washing by hand ? |
| 2 | But the Marschallin does not misjudge , nor does she sentimentalize the situation . |
| 3 | Why did she deliver the message then ? |
| 4 | Exactly how long does she think a career lasts ? |
| 5 | How could she explain the loathing in Esther Ward 's voice , and the awful contempt in which she held both Richard and Beth … the very people whom Elizabeth idolised ? |
| 6 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 7 | What I find though , erm , becau my , because we got so much stuff coming in for the shop anyway , like the lettuce or the fruit and veg , my parents don , you know , like most people go , yo your mother probably goes , how many , how often does she make a shopping trip ? |
| 8 | Should she make a fuss ? |
| 9 | And why should she make a production of it ? |
| 10 | Could she make an excuse and run ? |
| 11 | Only when he went into the Victoria Nursing Home did she make the trip to Brighton — just a fortnight before he died . |
| 12 | When did she make the coffee ? |
| 13 | Why does she want a day in bed ? |
| 14 | If she 's a farmer , why does she want a piano ? ’ |
| 15 | will she want a tape down there ? |
| 16 | Did n't she want a baby then ? |
| 17 | Never did she want a repeat performance of being locked in the octopus grip of Ardis junior — the memory of it was giving her nightmares . |
| 18 | Does she want the stump digging up as well ? |
| 19 | " Can she prepare a pipe ? " |
| 20 | ‘ And just why did she stay the night in Piazza Pitti ? ’ |
| 21 | Does she bounce a lot ? |
| 22 | Not for a second did she doubt the truth of what he was saying , but to gain time she licked her dry lips and croaked : |
| 23 | Why should she know the name ? |
| 24 | Did she know the meaning of the word ? |
| 25 | Neither does she consider the possibility that there are reasons for doing degrees other than as qualifications for jobs ; therefore humanities degrees are a ‘ waste of time ’ . |
| 26 | Did she consider an abortion ? |
| 27 | ‘ Why did n't she buy a necklace she knew was paste , for the ball ? ’ |
| 28 | Did she need a swim ? |
| 29 | Why on earth did she need a job ? |
| 30 | Wo n't she need the charity belt ? ’ |