Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 2 | Sure enough , Marc quirked his brow and asked , ‘ You intend to stick to this story that she knew nothing of your financial prospects ? ’ |
| 3 | The Church appeared no longer to be the guiding force that she believed it once had been , and felt it ought still to be . |
| 4 | She broke up the partnership with exhaustive cunning , prising Arthur away with weapons of sexual mortification that she knew he would never describe to a living soul , least of all to Fred , because she was Fred 's loved wife . |
| 5 | It was for this reason that she called herself ‘ stupid ’ . |
| 6 | Such was her dislike of maths by this stage that she told me : |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | But she was filled with such tenderness that she cradled his head as he lay against her breasts and whispered , ‘ I 'm sorry , my darling , I 'm sorry … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 10 | You see , we 'd got such confidence that she told me that when he died , she said , ‘ He died in his bed here ’ , that we were in , you see ; and she said , ‘ I then closed his eyes and I laid down with him till the morning so that nobody should be disturbed . ’ |
| 11 | Molly Pargeter , a woman of forty , whose hair was kept in place with difficulty , might have looked like one of the larger Graces in the paintings she admired had not her size caused her such embarrassment that she lowered her head and stooped a little as she walked . |
| 12 | Through a swell of tears Ruth stared incredulously at the bundle and felt such despair that she feared she would drop the child . |
| 13 | It was during one such encounter that she met her mate , Klono . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's for you ! ’ he said smartly , and handed the phone over to her with such promptness that she knew whoever was on the other end was someone important . |
| 15 | Miss Logan was near-sighted , and consequently it was from Miss Fergusson 's features rather than from personal observation that she grasped what was happening . |
| 16 | Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie . |
| 17 | He was so like Sambo in his younger days that she laid her hand on his head , as if they were old friends . |
| 18 | James Callaghan , who had replaced Wilson as prime minister , issued an official denial and Mrs. Margaret Thatcher , the leader of the opposition , put out a brief supporting statement that she shared his confidence in DI5 . |
| 19 | It was as she came to the end of her enthusiastic little speech that she realised she was leaning halfway across his desk , so close that she could almost have counted his lashes and the tiny fine lines around the corners of his mouth . |
| 20 | How she had suffered for him , for her poor pitiable ridiculous father , how she had hated her cruel peers for their relentless mocking , how she had dreaded each Christmas pantomime , each school-leavers ' farewell , each assembly that she knew her father was due to conduct , each occasion on which she heard him open his mouth in public . |
| 21 | I still had a formless feeling that she understood me where my mother did not . |
| 22 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , wife of the Ambassador to the Sublime Porte in Constantinople , was so impressed with the results of this folk practice by the Sultan 's Greek subjects that she had her children treated and introduced fashionable society to its advantages in 1721 ; as much for the protection of complexion as for the preservation of health . |
| 23 | The hall into which she stepped was not a hall at all , but a large and very high room , with doors leading off it in most directions , and it was so full of unexpected things that she found it hard to know where to look first . |
| 24 | It was on the evening of the fourth day that she raised her wings and flexed them in the sea-wind . |
| 25 | He was smiling as if he recognized her , and she had a queer , uncanny feeling that she knew him very well … |
| 26 | Those plans hit the rocks amid reports that Jacko was horrified when Madonna told a gay magazine that she wanted him to hang out with a gay dance troupe and become more hip . |
| 27 | She thinks it 's those gloves that she gave you , keeping you warm . ’ |
| 28 | He drove so smoothly and the tyres hummed so pleasantly on the tarred road that she knew she could easily have slept . |
| 29 | His look as he glanced across at her resembled so much that of a shamefaced small boy that she found it hard to control a smile . |
| 30 | My mother had said to Lili one day that she thought I was marrying Syl because he was so much older than me and would take the place of my father . |