Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] that she [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raynor said softly , ‘ But you are so beautiful that men would die for you , ’ and Grainne looked up , startled , because the words had been so soft that she could not be sure she had heard them correctly , yet she knew she had . |
| 2 | They had made her feel so confident that , from the moment Shine On had jumped off , she had been utterly convinced that she would win . |
| 3 | Then came the stabbing incident which forced Monica to cancel so much of her programme for this year but we are now optimistic that she will have fully recovered before our tournament . ’ |
| 4 | Why should you be so anxious that she should hang ? |
| 5 | Her maternal instincts would be so strong that she would be unable to resist their calls for help and would soon approach them , pick them up individually in her mouth and place them in her bed . |
| 6 | I am particularly glad that she will be able to combine her new duties with continuing membership of the Law Society Council . ’ |
| 7 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 8 | Some of her nails were still silver , Lee noticed , and some were so clear that she could see the blood through them . |
| 9 | The family were more concerned that she should " do them proud " . |
| 10 | The children did n't understand at first , but when it was later explained to them , they were enormously proud that she should have singled them out for a visit . |
| 11 | It 's only natural that she should n't want to speak to you . ’ |
| 12 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 13 | I do n't think even Rainbow is so obtuse that she can be in any doubt as to her visitor 's ultimate intentions . |
| 14 | oh , I mean er , I know we can have different opinions on why we think St John is so adamant that she must be his wife I do think it 's a power struggle . |
| 15 | The shock of all of this is so great that she might well lose her health . |
| 16 | She is canny and determined , and her talent is so special that she could be running her workshop from an oil rig in the North Sea — people would buy her work just the same . |
| 17 | It is thus appropriate that she should begin her enterprise in Out with an investigation of that originary metaphor described by Nietzsche , the act of perception . |
| 18 | Valerie is still hopeful that she 'll be able to get the school reopened but at the moment it looks as if this is as close as these children will get to being at Brockweir School . |
| 19 | Surely it is more essential that she should be well educated , as research has shown the mother 's education to be more important to the child 's own later achievement than the father 's . |
| 20 | It is grossly unfair that she should have been sentenced to life having been provoked by her partner over a period into killing him . |
| 21 | If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level . |
| 22 | Folly was bitterly certain that she could guess at what . |
| 23 | He was so close that she could have touched him , and she wanted to touch him . |
| 24 | He was so close that she could see little gold flecks in the brown of his eyes . |
| 25 | The open neck of his shirt was so close that she could see the sheen of sweat on his skin . |
| 26 | Her desire for such a life was so passionate , and her gratitude to Walter for this glimpse of it was so great that she could have kissed him in the street , and later that day she did in fact allow him to undo her brassiere strap without a word of protest . |
| 27 | The impulse was so strong that she could hardly believe that he did not feel it too . |
| 28 | This time , however , she was so late that she could not reconnoitre first . |
| 29 | He did n't know whether to wake her , or even if that was possible if her sleep was so deep that she could crouch in a corner , weeping , and not wake herself . |
| 30 | Her own position was so vulnerable that she would not venture . |