Example sentences of "that [conj] [adv] she [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she thought , as she sat there translating a piece of Polyeucte , that if ever she could find the personages for the rest of her tragedy , then her happiness would be complete . |
| 2 | She felt that if only she could reach her father-in-law and confront him with her fears for George 's safety , he would somehow make everything all right . |
| 3 | She felt that if only she could be dressed like Tamar she would win Bob Lamb . |
| 4 | She was convinced that if only she could find ‘ a knight in shining armour ’ , her life would be transformed . |
| 5 | The trees shed a radiance of their own , turning the air green and gold ; and Ruth felt that if only she could escape alone into those dreaming glades , all the despair and dread would be lifted from her . |
| 6 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 7 | Rosalba felt that if only she could stop blinking and concentrate totally on the sweet and grieving countenance of the Madonna of the Spasm , she would catch the fleeting flutter of her eyelids and twitch of her lips as she granted Rosa 's prayer . |
| 8 | It was up to her to rectify that as best she could . |