Example sentences of "[verb] that [vb past] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been only 13 years old when the event occurred that shattered her world . |
| 2 | To add to her miserable state a bleak wind had got up , bringing with it a sweet tangy yeast smell that made her stomach roll and cry out . |
| 3 | Somehow his other hand had slipped inside the back of her waistband and begun to mould her buttocks in firm strokes that matched her pelvis against his own , energising her desire with the heat of his own ardent body . |
| 4 | Each writer is introduced by Ms Washington and placed for us against her proper contemporary backdrop , so that we can see and understand some of the pressures and concerns that shaped her writing , her style and her narrative voice . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's right , Faye , ’ Tom came in , after giving Belinda a long , frowning stare that made her words threaten to dry in her mouth . |
| 6 | Beneath the tick and scrawl that made her name the paper was lightly wrinkled . |
| 7 | The cat miaowed piteously again , and suddenly Virginia 's kind heart broke through the spell of fear and doubt that kept her feet glued to the path . |
| 8 | Kate smoothed down the deep red pure new wool dress that hugged her figure , and smiled at her daughter . |
| 9 | There was something in the way he spoke that riveted her attention . |
| 10 | One assessed the gold in her bangles , the tiger-rubies that ornamented her toe-rings , the diamond spangle that adorned her navel , and two highly individual whirligigs of silver filigree . |
| 11 | It was n't really the sting of the blows , but the amount of time the thrashing continued that made her burst into a flood of tears . |
| 12 | She had not exactly said ‘ wet ’ and ‘ weedy ’ , but ‘ quiet ’ and ‘ sympathetic ’ , and Hoomey supposed that showed her tact , because he thought that was what she meant . |