Example sentences of "[pron] that she [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said that I understood she came from the Continent , and she told me that she was born in Denmark . |
| 2 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 3 | I 'm sure somebody told me that she was working with the trainee at er |
| 4 | There was a knock on my door and my mother came into my room to tell me that she was going to work . |
| 5 | The girl had lifted her head and turned her face towards him , though he could not flatter himself that she was looking at him ; rather at the image he drew before her , that spare portrait of the departed visitant , sketched in so few lines on the firelit air . |
| 6 | He could almost deceive himself that she was confiding in him . |
| 7 | A dream world where , this time , she wanted him to be in no doubt whatsoever that she was unafraid of him . |
| 8 | Mostly she wrote about her feelings about her body and her recent acknowledgement to herself that she was suffering from anorexia . |
| 9 | He was old enough to be her father , and she convinced herself that she was suffering from too much imagination . |
| 10 | Luke stood outside his own front door and read the note that Susan had left under the door-knocker , telling him that she was staying at the Palings Hotel . |
| 11 | ‘ I have a business engagement , ’ she excused , and wondered for a moment if Lubor had guessed that her business engagement for that evening was with his employer , or if perhaps he already knew from some office discussion with him that she was dining with Ven ? |
| 12 | She suddenly realised how tired she was , but she made an effort and told him that she was travelling to Rome to join her aunt and uncle . |
| 13 | She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless . |
| 14 | Her teacher would n't worry , since she had alerted her that she was going to be away and promised to bring a note on her return . |
| 15 | Sally-Anne 's returning senses told her that she was lying on an old-fashioned sofa with a high back at one end , and no sides . |