Example sentences of "[v-ing] that if she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily went pink , reflecting that if she 'd had charge of this youth in his formative years , things might have been different . |
| 2 | Which explanation , she was sure , had deceived neither Mama nor Papa , for both of them had written saying that if she needed them they would come at once after all . |
| 3 | There were reports that senior ministers were insisting that if she failed to secure outright victory , she should consult them before deciding to carry on . |
| 4 | To Mary , reading that if she did not do so , ‘ this pre-eminence wherein ye are placed shall be your dejection to torment and pain everlasting ’ , it looked more like the kind of bullying to which , on his own account , he would later subject her daughter . |
| 5 | She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop . |
| 6 | She simply clutched her head and closed her eyes , trying to stop the room spinning in front of her — knowing that if she moved she would be violently sick . |
| 7 | Immediately , I pretended to be asleep , knowing that if she uttered a sound I would have to smother her with my jacket . |
| 8 | She swallowed , struggling against the overwhelming desire to allow his hands to continue , but knowing that if she did … if she did … |
| 9 | Ellen was amused by my naïvety , claiming that if she dug deep enough she would probably discover that I still believed in Santa Claus . |
| 10 | I gazed at her , thinking that if she had appeared gentler I might have ventured to say something to her on Victor 's behalf . |
| 11 | Swathed in a thick towel , she emerged several minutes later from the bathroom , thinking that if she donned jeans and a pullover against the cooling night she could slip down into the garden and breathe some fresh air by the river . |