Example sentences of "[noun] that [noun] [vb past] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seldom wore the pretty dresses or smart suits that Scarlet bought her , preferring her rags . |
| 2 | He spoke with such calm practicality that Isabel felt her resolve harden . |
| 3 | It was not helpful , but she looked so beautiful in her blue muslin that Auguste forgave her instantly . |
| 4 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 5 | Despite all the problems that Fergie caused her both personally and publicly , the Queen refused to send her away until , after the publication of the photographs of her with John Bryan were published , it was almost impossible not to do so . |
| 6 | Allie told me on the phone that Ted fed her , coming in and saying , ' 'Ere , Marge , have a nice bit of fish with some bread and butter . ’ |
| 7 | When the news was broken to Martha that Lydia wanted her for a bridesmaid , she was excited . |
| 8 | The injustice of it all , the knowledge that Spiderglass possessed her and there was nowhere she could hide from them with their tracer in her head , the certainty that Karel could blackmail her with her string of crimes pushing her ever deeper into the mire — it all added up to just one thing . |
| 9 | The age that Flavia gave her was Constanza 's , perhaps a few years more . |
| 10 | Pamela was not , in our view , the minx that Fielding thought her . |
| 11 | But , quite inexplicably , she 'd hated the thought that Lucenzo found her unappealing . |
| 12 | ‘ It was to have children that Allah put her on this earth . |
| 13 | The way that thought pleased her both horrified and bewildered her . |
| 14 | But she cherished even the pain that Mark caused her . |
| 15 | But he stood for a moment , hesitating , and Ruth saw a look of such sadness go over his face that tears threatened her again . |
| 16 | Dulcie , unduly skittish , kicked up her heels every time that Dotty approached her . |
| 17 | It was the first time that Flavia heard her do so . |