Example sentences of "she [vb past] [that] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But she admitted that in the aftermath of the collision on Borough Road , Birkenhead she had feared the worst . |
2 | She found that in the time allowed four-fifths of the adult pairs conversed , looked or smiled at each other . |
3 | But already she sensed that in the end she would . |
4 | A porter had already been up to the suite with their luggage , she noted , as she observed that off the sitting-room — with French windows to a balcony between — were two other doors . |
5 | As she plodded through her notes she decided that at the end of the month she would hand in her notice , and on the day she left she would brandish Elise 's diary before his eyes . |
6 | Leaving the bandstand , and heading for the gate at the summons of the park-keeper 's doleful bell , she decided that like the rest of Brickley , it exuded the odour of decay , hopelessness , regret . |
7 | She phrased that as a question , out of respect for etiquette . |
8 | She knew that as a Deacon she was still an uncommon enough phenomenon in the Church to evoke curiosity . |
9 | She knew that in a couple of days ' time Boyd 's promotion would be announced by his company in the newspaper , underneath a studio portrait of him , and she held her head high as she swayed gracefully into the living-room . |
10 | Going out to tea always seemed to her a waste of time , but to refuse might have seemed churlish , and she knew that in the country one ought to be friends with one 's neighbours . |
11 | With a sigh she knew that in the morning when the people returned they would bring with them the rivalries and ill-feeling that had spoiled everything . |
12 | She could n't defend herself without rousing him to greater ferocity ; she knew that in the moment of conflict , an enemy can never protest to be a friend and be believed ; she had seen the distrust Kit 's sudden switches of mood inspired . |
13 | She knew that in the end he would come . |
14 | As he spoke his eyes had fallen and she knew that from the centre of each perfectly round breast a peak jutted , lifting the thin material of her shirt . |
15 | She said that on the morning of September 18 her husband got up about 6.30am . |
16 | She wrote that without the challenge of some who were Christians of a particular persuasion , " I would not have been aware of how deeply my own assumptions had constructed the fantasy that I had desired " ( Kathy Raban in Hammond et al. |
17 | In much the same way , she suggested that in the aftermath of the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels , the television companies might care to take a long hard look at themselves when seeking to account for the behaviour of the young fans at the European Cup Final : |