Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] [that] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 2 | Perhaps to keep herself in countenance she opened her notebook although he knew that she would not refer to it . |
| 3 | Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong ! |
| 4 | But it was n't until Ellen came to pick him up that he discovered that she had already bought everything for a picnic lunch . |
| 5 | It was she who would be embarrassed if she knew , or at any rate , if she knew that he knew that she knew . |
| 6 | To his surprise , she did not reply but looked at him so vaguely that he inferred that she had not heard him . |
| 7 | His passion , his arousal which the mere sight of her had provoked , was so strong that he wondered that she could not feel it too ; it seemed to hang , a living thing , in the air between them . |
| 8 | And he knew that she did n't believe him . |
| 9 | She , too , looked tired and edgy , and he knew that she was ready to argue . |
| 10 | And he knew that she found his pacifism stupid . |
| 11 | But she did n't turn away from Bodie , and he knew that she would go along with the request . |
| 12 | Her voice had a sad note to it and he knew that she was standing at the gate watching him as he rode away . |
| 13 | And he knew that she might be free this very night , free to fly where no man could cage her . |
| 14 | She was a reasonable woman , and he knew that she liked him . |
| 15 | Her eyes innocently wide , she gave a slow smile , because she had known it was a viewing platform , of course ; and he knew that she knew , which meant that he was teasing her , and that he was one of those people who always managed to keep a straight face . |
| 16 | That was what she wanted , after all , and he knew that she was right to want it . |
| 17 | He stared at Hannele 's pale , drawn , serious face and he knew that she was genuine and convinced . |
| 18 | He was amazed at how difficult it was , but gradually it eased as she eased , and he noticed that she had wet her dress . |
| 19 | And he noticed that she had stopped scowling . |
| 20 | She looked back at him and smiled gently , and he saw that she had been writing in a workman-like leather-bound notebook . |
| 21 | She stood on the embankment breathing in gulps of air as he stood awkwardly by her , then fumbled for a handkerchief and he saw that she was crying . |
| 22 | Suddenly they laughed together , and he looked at her , really looked at her , for the first time , and he saw that she had a lovely set of teeth . |
| 23 | Jehana at Alexei 's side grasped the sleeve of his coat , and he saw that she carried a hiranu which was similar to his own , save that it was encased in a jewelled sheath and was strapped to the girdle which she now wore over her gown . |
| 24 | She turned round to face him and he thought that she had been crying . |
| 25 | She was introduced to the novelist Mr Henry James , and took tea with him at his home , Lamb House , in Rye , and he thought that she was all the beautiful American girls he had written about rolled into one ! |
| 26 | He asked for the divorce to be put off , which the King said was Mrs Simpson 's business , and he urged that she should go away for six months . |
| 27 | He wanted to be alone with her , to anticipate the night to come , and he guessed that she was teasing him . |
| 28 | She eyed him , and he guessed that she was trying to decide what to say . |
| 29 | And he suspected that she had known more intimate secrets . |
| 30 | George Michael was on with Jacqueline Bisset and he confessed that she had been his pin-up and he 'd loved her from afar for years . |