Example sentences of "that she [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was a great disappointment to discover that she was quite unlike all the other home-bred horses , and that she would give nothing in return to those who cared for her and bestowed affection upon her . |
| 2 | Susan and Gay were the people she liked best in the world , and when her father died she had made a mental vow that she would do everything in her power to make life happy for this sister of hers who had worked so hard and shown such courage . |
| 3 | If she was not my mother she would be ideal but her views are coloured by the fact that she would watch anything with my name at the end of it . |
| 4 | It was obvious to her that her niece already had the strength and resolution to ensure that she would make something of her life . |
| 5 | When Bassanio asked the doctor , a dressed up Portia , how he could pay her , she answered that she would take nothing but the ring . |
| 6 | Might not some echo of it reach her mind , so that she would know someone of hers had been near ; that she had not been deserted ? |
| 7 | Gazzer had been afraid that she would say something like : ‘ Well , you need n't have bothered ! ’ or ‘ You and whose army ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I thought you would wish to know , sir , that Her Ladyship is making good progress and I should like to take her further afield to tackle typical hunting country , so that she may get plenty of practice before she actually attends a meet . ’ |
| 9 | I actually think that , I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 10 | I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 11 | What do we say of our driver , who was so preoccupied with her molars , that she can recall nothing of her trip ? |
| 12 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 13 | The first thing she would have to do was to raise some capital so that she could rescue something from the dregs of her father 's business . |
| 14 | But she had thought that she could make something of him and that small semi-detached house outside Norwich represented nine months of hard work and achievement . |
| 15 | With a field of vision as limited as hers it was amazing that she could see anything at all . |
| 16 | Evelyn could hardly wait for dinner time so that she could say something to Jackie . |