Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the most immense-changes are given to us in a short story of only a few pages : Chekhov 's ‘ Let Me Sleep ’ sees an exhausted , brutalised servant-girl murder a baby in six pages ; Katherine Mansfield 's ‘ Revelations ’ sees a woman who longs for freedom and independence rush for security to an unloved but ardent suitor — because everything feels strange at her hairdresser 's , where she learns that a tragedy has occurred — in seven pages . |
| 2 | The suspect , or the solicitor dealing with the case on his or her behalf ( subject to availability ) , may make representations to the review officer about the continuing detention — but the officer may refuse to hear these if he or she decides that the suspect is ‘ unfit … by reason of his condition or behaviour ’ . |
| 3 | Reading experiences expressed by this node are characterised , in ordinary language , by the total dependence of the reader 's satisfaction on whether he or she thinks that the author has enjoyed writing the text , on the basis additionally that the reader thinks that the author is satisfied by the enjoyment gained by readers ' interpretative efforts . |
| 4 | When she was calmer , she also made it clear that she felt that a stricter approach that forced Balbinder to concentrate and work harder was all that was needed . |
| 5 | She had told Dorothy that she felt that the steady routine of her secretarial work would , for the moment , be most helpful to her . |
| 6 | Isobel said that , personally , she found the latter much easier , but that she felt that the former was , in every sense , her job . |
| 7 | Indeed at times it appears that she thinks that this liberation progresses from age to age ( though in correspondence she tells me that she thinks that the conclusion to history may well be that we annihilate ourselves ) . |
| 8 | The most constructive move was when Linda Bellos stood up and announced that she thought that the group was a complete waste of time unless it had power , and to have power it would have to be a Council Committee with the right to interfere in all other committees . |
| 9 | Mrs Whitehouse 's response was again immediate , and she says that she thought that the poem was ‘ like the recrucifixion of Christ , only this time with twentieth-century weapons ’ . |
| 10 | When the series of sessions with the advisory teacher came to an end , Betty said that she thought that the work had gone well and that the children had enjoyed it , although she had noticed that the response of the ‘ difficult ’ children , whom she also described as ‘ poorly motivated ’ , was much the same as usual . |
| 11 | Anna Ford has often said that she believed that a woman should have had a role on our Election Night programmes . |
| 12 | That was the point that she knew that the barrier had been broken . |
| 13 | The Queen returned , but it was said that she insisted that the Shah get rid of Gilda . |
| 14 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |
| 15 | It was as she washed that she realised that the boat seemed to be moving . |
| 16 | It was only by trial and error that she discovered that a product developed for milk-sensitive human babies was the ideal elephant food . |
| 17 | It was then that she discovered that the balsa-wood screens which formed the walls could be folded open . |
| 18 | It was n't that she doubted that the Allies would win — of course they would . |
| 19 | It would appear from her article that she believes that the unschooled Wolof have not passed through this stage . |
| 20 | She pretended a greater surprise than she felt that the leader of those upon the bridle path was Lord Wyatt . |
| 21 | Just as she felt ashamed and somehow responsible for the disgrace of her mother 's lover so she felt that the man 's attack had been her fault . |
| 22 | The cut where the wing had been severed was quite clean , and the blood had dried up , so she concluded that the poor bird must have flown through some overhead wires in the vicinity during the severe gales we 'd had the night before . |
| 23 | Along to the bottom left-hand corner ; then up the side , overcompensating for the slight uphill slope until she realized that the suit 's powered legs made her extra effort redundant ; along the top ; down the other side ; back to where she 'd started . |
| 24 | Doggedly practising her seamanship to keep thoughts and images of Nathan at bay , she was n't aware of time passing until she noticed that the sky ahead seemed lighter . |
| 25 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 26 | She worked very hard to get everything exactly right and would spend hours in her room sewing , unpicking and re-sewing until she felt that the clothes were perfect . |
| 27 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 28 | He joined her in the kitchen , and she saw that the descriptions which had reached her through the field telegraph and by which she had recognised him , were accurate . |
| 29 | He never looked away from her and she saw that the pain in his eyes had been his vision of the sea tearing at him , his soul screaming no , no to earth , no to this , no to her . |
| 30 | He closed his eyes and she saw that the movement of his chest had stopped . |