Example sentences of "that she [vb mod] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miranda wished devoutly that she would stop showing off , that she would behave … well , like other mothers . |
| 2 | I have not yet beckoned to her so that she will come running to me , so that I shall lie with her today and tonight and tomorrow , and for a great many tomorrows . |
| 3 | Maybe , she thought with an acrobatic leap of logic , this was by way of telling her that she should start acclimatising herself to her old way of life , because that was where she would be in less than two days ' time . |
| 4 | ‘ You may bring a woman photographer , ’ Felipe de Santis said coldly , turning back to her with an astonished look that she should consider questioning him . |
| 5 | Soon after her first birthday , you 'll notice she 's beginning to imitate you , watching everything you do carefully so that she can start trying things out for herself . |
| 6 | ‘ Nothing , ’ Lucy said , taking another chair from by the wall and bringing it over so that she could sit facing him across the desk . |
| 7 | Bertha would have been sent the message that she could go hopping sideways — while she herself would have been told to get down the road and out of his sight . |
| 8 | She was buoyed up suddenly on the wave of amazement and admiration that she could feel enveloping her from across the whole room . |
| 9 | The doctor came , and arranged for Esther to be re-admitted to the gynaecological ward of the hospital so that she could continue nursing the baby , if possible . |
| 10 | She promised herself that she could continue sobbing later on , after she had gone to bed in the billiard room . |
| 11 | Thankfully , I handed over my pens to Rosemary so that she could finish plotting the latest chart , and escaped outside for a few breaths of fresh air . |
| 12 | her grandmother claimed that she could remember fleeing to Paris at the time of the Russian Revolution . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me , ’ Melissa began , on a low note that she could hear becoming steadily more shrill , ‘ that after stabbing Angy , Barney locked himself in the bathroom and left her to die while he calmly washed away her blood ? |