Example sentences of "that she [vb past] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 2 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 3 | He knew that she thought him to be a stiff and unimaginative person . |
| 4 | Alexander Vass , the shipping magnate who had recently taken over the local firm of G.W. Fashions after a bitter struggle with his rivals , she had expected to be a man well into middle age , in spite of the fact that she knew him to be single . |
| 5 | Now that the lights are on I do n't suspect that she drove him to suicide . |
| 6 | ‘ Querida , ’ he had murmured in her ear , and Ruth had waited breathlessly for the words she hoped to hear — that she meant something to him , that he needed her , that he wanted to love her . |
| 7 | He was amused to observe that she forced herself to be a blank when she picked up the bowl of pus and blood . |
| 8 | Instead she stood with her eyes closed , lest they betrayed the fact that she found him to be disturbing to her . |
| 9 | It was only the other day that she showed them to me . |
| 10 | It was n't that she wanted him to be here with her . |
| 11 | She could not be certain that she wanted it to be true . |
| 12 | Mrs Barrie-Brown left Fresden to the Roman Research Trust , specifying in the codicil to her will that she wanted it to be turned into an educational centre . |