Example sentences of "that she [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew , too , that she felt such an excursion would be just a little too unconventional for one of her position . |
| 2 | She is adamant that under no circumstances would she consent to further use of a nasogastric tube , whether or not she was drugged to such a degree that she felt little discomfort as it was pushed down into her stomach . |
| 3 | It was not that she felt any differently about motherhood . |
| 4 | It was only sometimes , in the warm dusks , that she felt this life was not perfect , not as full to her as it seemed . |
| 5 | The problem with placing Mary Leapor within this discussion is that it is not certain that she read any of the poems with which these critics are primarily concerned . |
| 6 | I mean the one is a classic one when she knew it was Scottish based that she passed any correspondence on |
| 7 | Now that she took another look at it , it was a rather insignificant sort of nose on which any pair of spectacles might be expected to slip . |
| 8 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 9 | Leapor 's poetry makes clear that she suffered many distressing lectures from her father , yet if the poet and her father had reached an understanding , indeed , if they intended to use the money from the subscription to buy their freehold and have security for their life together , Landry 's interpretation of this episode is simply captious . |
| 10 | Perhaps , though , it was because of his promise that he would think about it , that she saw that as a favourable hope . |
| 11 | Surely we do not wish to deny that she saw these hazards despite her being unable to tell us anything about what she saw . |
| 12 | grandma er said when she went to China and that she saw these bogeys on the back of bikes that they were carrying |
| 13 | erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry . |
| 14 | I 've never felt that she deserved that . |
| 15 | She bit her lip and knew that she deserved such punishment . |
| 16 | Of course , Annie did not want to be beaten up , but she did n't feel that she deserved any better , so she attracted violent men into her reality . |
| 17 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 18 | ‘ Galadriel , ’ muttered Gilly , not that she expected this bale of blubber to manage her real name . |
| 19 | It was this lack of independence which so appalled her , while at the same time she knew , when it came down to fundamentals , that she had such a vulnerable appendage permanently dependent on her . |
| 20 | I was surprised to find that she had such a rich and violent internal life and that all this was smouldering and seething away . |
| 21 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |
| 22 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
| 23 | His voice sounded so matter-of-fact that she had little difficulty in ignoring the more flattering words . |
| 24 | You would then have the right to organise her work and most certainly you would see to it that she had little or no large-animal work . |
| 25 | He had taken no precautions during their love-making but she had assured him that she had that under control . |
| 26 | got friends to go in messing about all the time and they 've , al everything that she had that were decent they 've ruined it all . |
| 27 | Not that she had many choices . |
| 28 | Not that she had much to put in it … the only other pieces of furniture were the bed and an old dressing-table with a cracked mirror . |
| 29 | Not that she had much of a future to look forward to . |
| 30 | The General assured her they had thought long on the matter , and had decided not only that it would be a suitable appointment for her , but that she had much to contribute to social services . |