Example sentences of "in [conj] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 2 | Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law was similar to , though less antagonistic than , Mrs Kitchener 's daughter , in that she said she found looking after her mother-in-law a strain , that it was time-consuming , and putting a strain on her marriage ; she and her mother-in-law had never got on very well , and she ‘ would like to get her into a Home , ’ . |
| 3 | Victoria was more intelligent than most of them but typical in that she had conscientiously allowed herself to be educated without imagining any particular use for her good and well-trained mind . |
| 4 | The wife stated that she had succumbed to undue pressure from her husband to sign the documents and that he had misrepresented their effect , in that she had believed that the security was limited to £60,000 and would last for only three weeks . |
| 5 | But in that she had n't counted on Lori 's erratic travelling or on Travis McKenna 's bloodhound instincts . |
| 6 | It was only when she moved in that she discovered the coincidence , and did some research with the British Museum . |
| 7 | Aunt Louise told me , but there was some kind of confusion in that she told me that he was due last Friday . " |
| 8 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 9 | Detective Sergeant Dave Kelly , at Walton Lane CID , said : ’ She was very lucky in that she got her hands over her face in time . ’ |
| 10 | Mrs. Millings was doubly lucky , in that she ran into one such gap , and the approaching vehicle was a police car , with an extremely good driver . |
| 11 | It was all fairly clinical , really , in that she did n't seem to enjoy it much . |
| 12 | I like to think there are n't many tricks I miss , but I have to credit Sorrel in that she did write it down on a scrap of newspaper without saying ‘ in case of what ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ My car 's there ! ’ she exclaimed and , as it quickly sank in that she did not have to go chasing up the garage , or chasing over to somewhere near Františkovy Láznë either , she sent up a silent prayer that her luck had changed . |
| 14 | Yet in one sense even the United States might be said to have been part of an economic system controlled by Europe down to 1914 in that she remained a capital-importing nation , and that capital came from Europe . |
| 15 | Her career was unusual in that she remained within the Customer Service Department throughout , becoming an expert in dealing with complaints . |
| 16 | In that she exercised the power of appointment and appointed her husband ( provided that he survived her by 30 days ) to receive the income from her father 's estate . |
| 17 | With her temperament , surely she 'd have brought the roof in if she 'd discovered her lover in the arms of another woman ? |