Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [that] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 2 | The ‘ p and q ’ stands for ‘ peace and quiet ’ , and it meant that she could be totally on her own . |
| 3 | For she could not bear him to be unhappy — even if it meant that she must … |
| 4 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 5 | I thanked Paul 's wife for doing all the cooking , whereupon she remarked that she did n't mind because it meant that she did n't have to watch the Trek videos or play the games . |
| 6 | A part of her — the silly , hopeless part — did want the job , of course , because it meant that she would see Dr Russell , since it was his own sister she would be nursing . |
| 7 | Obviously he had n't liked it , because it showed that she understood his motives only too well . |
| 8 | More significant , it was not until after it ended that she began to possess permanent representatives of her own in the major capitals of Europe . |
| 9 | This had been doubly hurtful , for it meant that she not only did not want to work for and look after him but preferred his lifestyle to her own , and by implication ( for she was a lazy woman ) that meant that she considered what he did not to be work at all , merely a pleasurable means of making a great deal of money . |