Example sentences of "[det] [noun] that her " in BNC.

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1 If minds of the calibre of Krupskaia were so firmly closed so soon , there was little hope that her pedagogic instructions would serve to open the minds of the temnye liudi in the Smolensk or any other guberniia .
2 It was clear from the television film of that contest that her mastery of the instrument was awesome .
3 It would seem in this case that her unusual behaviour patterns and impaired development were not a product of personal inadequacy , but were due to her restricted early experiences and minimal human contact .
4 Jo refused to discuss the Oscars ; the whole idea was too exciting to bear serious thought , and besides she knew something about the events of the next three and a half hours that her mother did not , and would not until her name was called .
5 Topaz searched his face for some indication that her mission would be successful , but she found no hint of benevolence .
6 ‘ Something like that , ’ Now was not the time to suggest to this woman that her husband had been a blackmailer as well as a thief .
7 Hardly a profound question , I know , but one prompted by my nine year old daughter 's conversational aside this week that her primary school teacher had received a fax from someone in the county 's education department .
8 It is clear from this letter that Her Majesty 's Government does not consider that there is at present any effective government in Somalia .
9 Above : Piment tries some berries that her mother Poupee has just been eating .
10 This time it caught Millie across the wrist , and when she reacted by rising from her seat in an effort to leave the room , she found herself thrust back with such force that her head bobbed on her shoulders .
11 Somehow a favourite dress or toy of Paige 's would be damaged , but she had done it with such guile that her parents could never be sure it was intentional .
12 ‘ That 's right , ’ he coaxed in a satin-smooth voice , his hands exploring with such delicacy that her treacherous body strained for his touch .
13 His smile held such magnetism that her breath caught in her throat and her heart began to race .
14 It was no less astonishing that she should find room on her emaciated body to engrave in it , by her discipline , the wounds of the son of God … she gave herself such blows that her blood sprinkled the wails … and as she practised this penance daily every night she reopened her bleeding wounds by making new ones …
15 She works in such haste that her words cease to have a meaning , and a mind seems to be going to waste .
16 Besides my kind luncheon host and hostess , I met the Marquess and Marchioness of Abergavenny , he succeeded the late Duke of Norfolk as the Queen 's Representative at Ascot , a role he carried out most effectively for ten years , during which time he suggested many improvements that her Majesty agreed should be carried out .
17 But he warns his former coworker that her every move will be scrutinized .
18 Josie 's mood seemed okay , which suggested to Lucy that any problems that her presence may have caused must now have been smoothed over .
19 She bit her lip and kept her peace , and even made them cups of tea with the same grace that her mother had demonstrated in the dark hours of the night .
20 At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady .
21 Mrs Farquhar 's mother Elsie Chafer also dismissed any suggestion that her daughter was having an affair with Prince Charles as ‘ absolute nonsense ’ .
22 She dismisses any idea that her accounting is in any sense ‘ creative ’ : ‘ I 'm not avoiding taxes but planning .
23 It was Grizel Huntley 's own view that her brother had not been fooled at all but had been charmed and diverted by a dashing girl thirty years his junior , and had seen no reason at all why she should not have a share of his considerable estate when that left a very decent down-setting for his niece as well .
24 We do not know whether she was embarrassed at being named — probably not in this case , one suspects — and there is little doubt that her views of this behaviour came over more vividly without the cloak of anonymity .
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