Example sentences of "that she [verb] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Although Great Britain and Ireland was being hammered on this occasion Jane felt so tight and tense at lunchtime on the second day that she asked if she could stand down .
2 Anna supposed that she should then have had another baby , to keep Flora company , but had found that she felt as unlike having another baby as she had once felt like it .
3 Bernice told herself that it was n't surprising that she felt as though she was being watched .
4 Her head did not precisely ache , but it felt hollow and somehow precarious ; and she found it hard to make her muscles work so that she felt as though she might trip over her own feet or walk into the furniture .
5 Grim and forbidding were the two well-used words that came to mind as she looked up at the building for the first time ; but there were no words that could easily describe the helpless terror that she felt as the side-gate opened before them and the ambulance had driven through .
6 His eyes were fixed on her with such intensity that she felt as if that dark brown gaze were burning her skin .
7 Not so tall and powerfully built that she felt as though she might break if he so much as touched her .
8 She stretched her legs under the table , feeling the same satisfaction that she felt when she woke that morning .
9 It was mikva night , and the last thing in the world that she felt like doing was making love to her husband — she could have quite cheerfully strangled him !
10 He looked so gorgeous that she tripped as she reached him in her high red heels , and landed against his hard chest with a gasp of shocked pleasure .
11 The child who comes home saying , ‘ I hate school ’ , learns that it is not everything about school that she dislikes when her mother says ‘ It 's been a bad day today , has n't it ?
12 She says that she screamed when it happened , she did n't know what to do .
13 She was drawn unquestionably to the appearance of things , though she was aware that she had as yet much ground to cover , and that she had followed many a false trail ; she remembered with particular regret the quantities of eyeshadow which she had once thought desirable , and the pendant earrings of the same epoch .
14 the prize that she got when she
15 To say that she looked like Emily would be an exaggeration .
16 The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash .
17 It would be perfect for lunch in Paris and , although it was not really suitable for travelling , it would at least ensure that she looked as she ought for her reunion with Anthony .
18 Ashraf claimed later that she had wanted to leave with her father but he insisted that she remain because " your brother needs you more " .
19 I admit they will find that something of a puzzle , but given the low critical standards of provincial audiences , they might hit upon the felicitous conclusion that she choked while in the midst of an exaggeratedly hilarious response to that pathetic farce .
20 Well not only that she said if I do n't get this job she said I 'm gon na
21 It was only when his embrace became more adventurous , his hands more demanding as he became aroused , that she realised where they were heading and she finally found the strength to pull away from him .
22 I suggest that she does as I have done , pops down to her local computer shop and purchases an anti-static bracelet and strap .
23 Amanda Piper , 24 , said daughter Cherie craves cigarettes so much that she screams if she can not have one .
24 ‘ Looking back , does it surprise you that she left when she did ? ’
25 Only that she left as arranged , likening
26 Joanne 's commitment to the next 12 months will leave her little time for the hobbies that she enjoyed before tennis came along .
27 Caroline had smiled and said yes , it was , but what she 'd really wanted to say was that she doubted if Nicolo had ever hesitated about getting what he wanted in his entire life .
28 Even if it meant disturbing her , waking her so that she cried when put down again , she must be lifted up in Alice 's arms , held close to her and kissed goodbye .
29 It was as well that she did because she had forfeited most of her private life for the sake of her chosen career .
30 She says she feels worse now that she did when her husband died .
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