Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that she [vb mod] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so shy that she could n't look up when God passed over her , so God missed her and did not paint her blossom . |
| 2 | It 's only natural that she should n't want to speak to you . ’ |
| 3 | So when he moved slightly to seek her soft lips with his own , blending predatory male purpose with the tenderness of a child seeking succour , she was lost , allowing him to possess her mouth , welcoming him with parted lips , mindlessly enjoying the sensation of his hands as they bound her to him , but not so hard that she could n't feel their trembling . |
| 4 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |
| 5 | Frau Hoflin , a sensible woman , old-fashioned , but not so old-fashioned that she could n't see the signs of rebellion beginning to germinate , pressed for the safest ‘ revolt ’ she could think of . |
| 6 | Emmie was so excited that she could n't eat . |
| 7 | But not so deafening that she could n't make out the anguished cries of : ‘ Wheee … |
| 8 | There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ? |
| 9 | It was as well that she could n't , Maggie thought , because Felipe looked almost thunderous . |
| 10 | Now it looked quite possible that she would n't need the services of an agency after all — that was , if Luke Travis offered her the job , and if she decided to accept . |
| 11 | " Well , I 'm not quite sure that she might n't burst into tears , or perhaps suddenly take all her clothes off " This had actually once happened to Richard at Nestor and Sage , the investment counsellors where he worked . |
| 12 | She had n't accepted then — and she was pretty certain that she would n't do so now — his dismissive claim that it was solely due to the pressure of business . |
| 13 | Roman was n't the type to lose control over any woman , and he was so powerfully attractive that she could n't imagine any woman turning him down . |
| 14 | In baggy collarless cream shirt and hip-hugging chino trousers he looked so overwhelmingly attractive that she could n't drag her eyes away . |
| 15 | Because he was so devilishly attractive that she could n't resist him ? |
| 16 | Was she so very tired that she could n't distinguish one man 's voice from another 's ? |
| 17 | Well my mother was very very sorry that the old lady had hurt her fingers but th on the other hand she was very very pleased that she could n't make the butter . |