Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [vb infin] [vb pp] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he always sent her out with new clothes that should have made her embody his idea of elegance , he was resigned to the fact that she would return in a version far removed from his original concept . |
| 2 | A rare , special smell that should have had her licking her lips and counting the hours until lunch . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm — I 'm — ’ Her voice was quite flat , with no sign of the bitterness that had edged it earlier , or the mad rage that must have possessed her when she had destroyed Jessamy 's clothes . |
| 4 | She clashed her talons on the bars , brought her beak down on them as well in a way that must have pained her , and swung sideways towards Creggan . |
| 5 | Despite the humour , which was lapped up by an appreciative crowd , it was a sad spectacle and one that must have left her regretting her comments , when asked about her chances at Wimbledon . |
| 6 | There was nothing in the room that might have frightened her ? |
| 7 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 8 | I was — like Flora with her mother — in the stupid position of being unable to put the one argument that would have made her feel some sympathy for me . |
| 9 | Travis carried her outside , then back to bed when she called , handling her with a care that would have made her feel cherished if it had n't been so impersonal . |
| 10 | Presently there were feet on the stairs — a headlong clatter that would have frightened her had she been capable of ordinary feelings . |
| 11 | Her humour is a weapon that has pole-vaulted her out of the solid folk-roots category , an alternative scene that would have kept her firmly away from the mainstream . |
| 12 | Why could n't she have had just a small taste of the honeyed delight that Rourke 's love would have brought , just a fragment of the glowing ember that would have warmed her inside , instead of this cold , bitter emptiness ? |
| 13 | But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out . |