Example sentences of "she [verb] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She insists that it was entirely benign . |
| 2 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |
| 3 | For a moment Lucy had thought that it was Jeanette McArdle , but then she realised that it was n't . |
| 4 | She wanted to make some sarcastic retort about his being so bossy , but he was already clearing away the plates , not paying the slightest scrap of attention to her , and she realised that it was this lack of attention that really annoyed her . |
| 5 | But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all . |
| 6 | One of the girls had two glasses before she realised that it was the water refreshments and not wine at all . |
| 7 | Suddenly Shelley could n't see , and she realised that it was her tears that had blinded her . |
| 8 | Previously , she would have been driven by my father , but she announced that it was her intention to travel , alone , by train . |
| 9 | With a shudder she realized that it was in the same block of buildings as Bartholomew Close . |
| 10 | That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound . |
| 11 | She greeted Philip with a kiss , which did n't please Eileen — until she realized that it was common practice . |
| 12 | As the end credits rolled and the title came up , she realized that it was a dramatized retelling of the Martian invasion of Earth circa 2090 . |
| 13 | She realized that it was not shame that made it cower , but further fear . |
| 14 | She writes that it was ‘ one of the best , but it did not suit John , as he was accustomed to follow his whims , and invent or discover for himself , and therefore did not like the regimentation of doing things at a given time . |
| 15 | She reported that it was well written and the product of an expert . |
| 16 | She joked that it was her favourite occupation . |
| 17 | To Pamela 's disappointment she say that it was still the same red paperback . |
| 18 | She found that it was difficult to stand ; she put out her hand to the wall to support herself lest she sway . |
| 19 | On the first morning , after a night in a Lycée bed , they all went to a preliminary reception at the Hôtel de Ville : Clara went , politely willing , but when she got there she found that it was a gigantic , milling , stifling insult . |
| 20 | For now she found that it was there , an entity — not quite picture , not quite story — demanding sense and shape : expression . |
| 21 | When she got there she found that it was rather full , but being a regular churchgoer she did not mind going up to the front where there were plenty of empty pews . |
| 22 | She noted that it was one of the horses who had pulled them up . |
| 23 | Although she says that it was not necessarily an easy step to take , her community was behind her , and the reactions she has had from friends and teachers have convinced her that the step she took was an important one , challenging stereotypes in the West about what it means to be a Muslim girl , and bringing her a great sense of identity and of no longer being at odds with herself . |
| 24 | She says that it was spinning in the road . |
| 25 | She says that it was manual work , and very hard . |
| 26 | She says that it was all a question of remembering rules and methods . |
| 27 | She noticed that it was getting very hot all of a sudden . |
| 28 | She found that she was bringing more and more discipline to her writing for the Clarion , and thinking of this she noticed that it was the Clarion which Dr Neil was reading , or pretending to read , for her new awareness told her that , too . |
| 29 | When Benny 's fuzzy vision flared , she imagined that it was one of those near-death experiences that people talked about . |
| 30 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |