Example sentences of "[adj] [that] she [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother summoned him ; she made it clear that she wished to see him alone . |
| 2 | Mr Sheffield said the note made it clear that she intended to take her own life and that she loved her family and daughter . |
| 3 | It was as if he were gazing into heaven , and Agatha was n't so old that she 'd forgotten what that felt like . |
| 4 | Donna saw it in the rear-view mirror , convinced and elated that she 'd done it crippling damage . |
| 5 | Unaware that she had called him by name for the first time , she halted , still some feet away , gazing at him uncertainly . |
| 6 | ‘ For the sake of the few unfrazzled nerve-endings I have left , I sincerely hope not , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she returned coolly , completely unaware that she 'd crossed her fingers behind her back in the old childhood gesture of protection against telling a lie . |
| 7 | She was so relieved that she had saved him . |
| 8 | She loved him , so much that it seemed impossible that she had lived her life this long without him , impossible that he could n't know it from her response . |
| 9 | They had all been staunch Congregationalists , and Mary occasionally felt sad that she had left it all behind in childhood . |
| 10 | She was a little sorry for him , but also glad that she had improved her position since they last met . |
| 11 | Breeze was glad that she had mastered her momentary depression , as she was now able to run up and say goodnight quite cheerfully . |
| 12 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 13 | ‘ No doubt , ’ he suggested , in a voice so soft that she had to tilt her head to catch the words , ‘ no doubt , ’ he went on , ‘ you can disengage with equal speed ? |
| 14 | He shot a glance at Ellen , making sure that she had understood him as well as Thessy , then he looked at his watch and shouted for Bellybutton to start up one of the workboats . |
| 15 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 16 | Like Mrs Secretan , Elizabeth had married off a daughter , like her she had lived in fear ( then unfounded ) of cancer , and had felt uncomfortably sure that she had offended someone ; like Elinor Pringle she had filled up time in odd places , during short periods of being alone ; like Meg , she knew the fascination of the Thames estuary ; with Patrick Barlow she shared the accidie of the writer , and a love for the same sort of painting . |
| 17 | In contrast to the crescendo of fury from Downes , Morse 's voice was very quiet indeed , and beside him WPC Wright was not absolutely sure that she 'd transcribed his words with total accuracy . |
| 18 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 19 | According to our mother , he was so late that she began to suspect she had the hysterical pregnancy of all time . |
| 20 | Angry that she had defied him and yet delighted at her little-girl behaviour , he reluctantly followed , then , holding her very close , walked her back up the stairs as they counted each step in unison . |
| 21 | She felt ashamed that she had left him and made her own escape . |
| 22 | Karen was all at once extremely pleased that she 'd done nothing terrible with Mallachy . |
| 23 | He pushed through the swing doors and was gone , leaving her close to tears and frantically worried that she had upset him for ever . |
| 24 | ‘ Whatever it was , she was so excited that she forgot to lock her door . |
| 25 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 26 | She passed it off as a joke , furious that she had given herself away . |
| 27 | ‘ I am relaxed , ’ she said huskily , furious that she 'd sounded anything but . |
| 28 | Sally was unsure whether to be pleased that Louise was including her or annoyed that she had called her fat . |
| 29 | As Lizzie says , ‘ God knows , we 're poor enough , but it would be a relief in a way to be certain that she had cut us out altogether . |
| 30 | He responded with equal fervour , waiting until he was certain that she had reached her climax . |