Example sentences of "she [verb] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She whispered that the Devil hid behind the curtains , a red devil with a feathery red tail . |
| 2 | Speculation that Prime Minister Jim Bolger might sacrifice the controversial architect of the cuts , Finance Minister Ruth Richardson , increased when , on Dec. 9 , she admitted that the government would be unable to meet its election promise of achieving a balanced budget by 1993-94 . |
| 3 | The thought made her frown , especially as she admitted that the feeling when she remembered was jealousy . |
| 4 | Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , Doane 's conclusion was no less pessimistic than Mulvey 's as to the radical potential of this gaze , since she argued that the film narrative in these cases effectively forced the female spectator into a masochistic identification with the female protagonist . |
| 6 | In an article in The English Review in 1913 she argued that the legislation had been carried by hysterical stories circulated by ‘ neuropaths and prudes ’ about the entrapment of white women . |
| 7 | She argued that the history of " scum " should have alerted the IBA to its controversial nature , and that any decision to screen it should have been made by the appointed members of the Authority , and not by their executive staff . |
| 8 | She argued that the Bulletin of March 1992 , in recognising the role of religion in the formation of group identities , was colluding with the oppression of women 's rights . |
| 9 | She was not heeded and later she argued that the party provided an extraordinary , unparalleled forum for kings and communists , dictators and democrats and that the attention given around the world to Iranian history and culture was invaluable . |
| 10 | She recommended that a meeting with Social Services would be helpful to alert them to the ‘ dynamics ’ of this family and to advise them that ‘ as professionals we were anxious that we had not managed to engage and intervene within the family and explore deficits in the parenting role ’ . |
| 11 | But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing . |
| 12 | For a moment , Folly was taken aback , but then she realised that the policeman had probably only seen the last few seconds of their little drama . |
| 13 | She was just wondering if she 'd been given the wrong one when she realised that the door was n't locked . |
| 14 | And then she realised that the hoof beats of his horse had come to an abrupt stop . |
| 15 | The next day , she realised that the memory had lost its sting at last . |
| 16 | She had believed Thomas was shy of the Dane , but now she realised that the child gave nothing out because he received nothing back in return . |
| 17 | For a moment she thought she would find the courage to say something about it , but then she realised that the timing was all wrong . |
| 18 | She realised that the magistrate had become a judge . |
| 19 | The water cooled too quickly for her to stay long in the bath , but afterwards she lay fully dressed on the bed for a while , listening , her spirits rising as she realised that the wind had dropped at last . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you-I 'll go and see , ’ said Ianthe , hurrying away when she realised that the television programme was starting again . |
| 21 | She realised that the pain and shock of that loss had never truly healed . |
| 22 | And when she realised that the messenger giving credence to her tale no doubt served the dual purpose of informing Rainald of her presence , Isabel felt wretched indeed . |
| 23 | Then she realised that the sensation was becoming too pleasant , and she tried once more to pull away . |
| 24 | A sudden fear gripped Lucy , and as she peered into the impenetrable shadows on either side she realised that the bush by day and the bush by night were two totally different places . |
| 25 | Before panic could set in she realised that the fire was burning merrily again and that a billycan of water was starting to steam . |
| 26 | As Julia began to work the room , she realised that the house had been designed and built for just this sort of occasion : it was planned for servants to run . |
| 27 | She realised that the creature needed heat . |
| 28 | It was as she washed that she realised that the boat seemed to be moving . |
| 29 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 30 | A more general sense of difficulty in sustaining order and regularity in the early twentieth century underlies Lily Briscoe 's comments in To the Lighthouse when she remarks that an artist 's brush may be the ‘ one dependable thing in a world of strife , ruin , chaos ’ ( Woolf 1927 and 1973 : 170 ) . |