Example sentences of "[adj] that she did " in BNC.
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| 31 | Really , thought Liz , really : Deirdre was exactly the kind of neurotic that she did her best , professionally , to avoid — narcissistic , exhibitionistic , selfish , manipulative , childish , unreliable , unpunctual , self-satisfied even in the depths of self-reproach , and yet there she somehow managed to stand , in the middle of Liz 's own kitchen , brandishing a pie knife . |
| 32 | And remorseful that she did n't like her more . |
| 33 | ‘ It was a lovely way for her to go , and we do feel thankful that she did n't linger on and suffer . ’ |
| 34 | If it was negative she would need to be vaccinated , and it was essential that she did n't get pregnant for three months afterwards as the vaccine also can damage the baby . |
| 35 | I expect she was so excited that she did n't stop to look up trains . |
| 36 | It was so wonderful that she did n't really want to get out of the car . |
| 37 | It was surprising that she did not feel embarrassed at being caught in floods of tears . |
| 38 | She always had so many places to go and so many people who wanted to see her that he felt cruelly his own stolid boringness , and was not surprised that she did not spend more time with him . |
| 39 | Yet , as she watched him , perched as lithe as a cat on the prow , leaning back out over the waves to balance the little craft , his splendid chest scattered with little beads of water , Ronni was aware that she did n't really mean it . |
| 40 | Forewarned by the matron to treat her normally and to ignore anything eccentric that she did or said , the two sisters immediately wrapped Elinor in an invisible cloud of affection . |
| 41 | In the naked fear of falling in a space so huge that she did not know whether she was falling up or down , inward or outward , she met a fear so great that it burned away forever all the other fears . |
| 42 | Was it true that she did n't love anyone ? |
| 43 | Erm and you 'd thi I mean , it 's also true that she did n't know many . |