Example sentences of "[noun sg] that she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Tallis was prompted by this insult into an action that she knew she would regret .
2 The Church appeared no longer to be the guiding force that she believed it once had been , and felt it ought still to be .
3 His reply was so matter-of-fact , so lacking in emotion that she found it hard to believe .
4 A passing labourer directed her , and it was in this anxious , preoccupied state of mind that she made her first appearance in Overclyst .
5 ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it .
6 But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands .
7 Isabel lay very still , her muscles so rigid with tension that she doubted she could have moved anyway .
8 It was as a pioneer woman journalist that she earned her most lasting renown , sometimes using the pseudonym ‘ Filomena ’ .
9 It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain .
10 Not bad , she thought with a fierce kind of glee that she knew she did n't dare to show .
11 It was only when the colours gave way to plain gold before subsiding into diminishing fountains of silver that she realised she had moved closer to Rune , seeking instinctive protection against the sharp noise of the exploding rockets and that he had gathered her to his strong male body , pinning her to his side by the power of his arm , his hand firmly pressed against her waist .
12 Franca had her pride , and part of making her situation endurable must be the fiction that she endured it , if not cheerfully , at least stoically .
13 Sure enough , Marc quirked his brow and asked , ‘ You intend to stick to this story that she knew nothing of your financial prospects ? ’
14 And did n't really know anything about rabbits and I know my aunt it 's a sort of family story that she took her doe to the buck and the buck had babies .
15 For dread — the old , quivering dread that she thought she had long left behind her — was settling in her bosom .
16 His ring sparkled on her finger , lit by the flames of a fire in the grate ; Paul had the fancy that she turned her fingers deliberately , enjoying the ring 's brilliance and the evidence it gave of prosperity and caste .
17 He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man .
18 Now children am I right in thinking that when Mrs came in and took some lessons with you when I was on a course that she taught you how to count up to thirty ?
19 Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy .
20 But she was filled with such tenderness that she cradled his head as he lay against her breasts and whispered , ‘ I 'm sorry , my darling , I 'm sorry … ’
21 It was a decision that she knew she had been putting off for far too long .
22 South-West Durham Coroner Colin Penna recorded a verdict that she took her own life .
23 Recording a verdict that she killed herself , Mr. Williams said : ‘ She was an affectionate girl , and a girl who needed affection .
24 He recorded a verdict that she killed herself .
25 Pauline , who always had back problems , felt so sorry for the little mare that she took her over from Jackie .
26 It was when she turned away from the window that she saw it .
27 It was n't until Juliet was sent to lunch that she remembered her rendezvous with David at three o'clock .
28 She was so wrapped up in the portrait that she heard nothing until the clink of glass told her she was not alone , and as she spun round she found Alain turning from pouring himself a drink .
29 I said , she 's alright , but it was n't the ordeal that she thought it was going to be .
30 His look as he glanced across at her resembled so much that of a shamefaced small boy that she found it hard to control a smile .
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