Example sentences of "that [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sarah had produced a child by another man , and that made her a loose woman . |
| 32 | And then he smiled at her as if for the first time , a smile that made her think that he had been touched by God . |
| 33 | My mother would visit on Speech Day and Sports Day , wearing a Jaeger-style home-made camel coat and a pillbox hat , or her green velvet coat that made her look , I thought , like the Queen . |
| 34 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 35 | This was absolutely vital if I was ever to ‘ fly ’ her , because it would be the lure of food on my fist that made her come back to me . |
| 36 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 37 | There was something in his voice that made her want to throw herself into his arms ; but then she knew that Aggie would n't like that . |
| 38 | Her eyes were a startling violet colour that made her look incredibly strong-minded . |
| 39 | It was a secret that made her even more different , because now that people were saying that she was turning into the dark beauty her mother had been , she knew much more about why men and women made babies , that it was n't because it was a duty to God but because they enjoyed it ; and seeing him in church every week , noticing that his voice was going deep and that her own body was changing too and that they were becoming man and woman made her think about him and long for him more and more : she wanted to have him completely , entirely for herself . |
| 40 | It had a slight curl in it that made her look soft somehow . |
| 41 | Here she was , sounding , even to her own ears , like a puritanical Swiss burgher , imposing a moral code on Sylvie that had never been hers ; forcing her into a mould which was alien to everything that made her Sylvie . |
| 42 | Then she realized it was her own desire to be valued , noticed even , that made her want to do something that would n't take a minute once she 'd started . |
| 43 | This was the time she enjoyed most ; when she could relax in the cosy drawing room , with its pale green walls and deep floral armchairs , and with the cheery fire-glow sending out waves of warmth that made her deliciously sleepy . |
| 44 | Marie 's parents had strong religious views that made her feel very guilty about having sex in their home when she and her husband had to live there for a while : " We did it on the bedroom floor on the wedding night because I would n't use the bed , in case it made a noise . |
| 45 | But it was not bashfulness that made her avert her eyes ; it was a deeper , stronger feeling : one that she tried to hide not only from the watchful T'ang , but from herself . |
| 46 | Tsu Ma laughed ; a soft , generous laughter that made her look up at him again and meet his eyes . |
| 47 | He seemed only mildly surprised when she asked him , in the appalling police jargon that made her cringe , to accompany her to the local police station . |
| 48 | There was something about his presence that made her feel calm and peaceful . |
| 49 | He stared at her , and there was an arrogance about him that made her shiver . |
| 50 | So Julie smiled at us , in a half-proud , half-scared sort of way , that made her look more as if she was going to burst into tears , and marched up the street , pigtails bobbing , and over the main road to the bus-stop , and stood there gazing across at us with blank eyes while the traffic trundled backwards and forwards between us . |
| 51 | It was unfair that Rosa appeared to others to stumble through the day with her heavy clumsiness when Cati knew the brilliant forkings of her sister 's spirit in intimacy , the bright patterns she could weave out of the darkness , that made her something rare and starry . |
| 52 | Thought of Miles and Miranda together at rehearsal came into her mind , and that made her feel , she could not quite analyse how they made her feel . |
| 53 | ‘ Which presumably makes me the better teacher , ’ he returned with a dryness that made her want to pummel him with her fists from sheer frustration . |
| 54 | There was a lot about Nona that made her very vulnerable indeed , and which she seemed unaware of . |
| 55 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 56 | Crisp colours of blue and green , and the stark black of the rocks , and a pleasant breeze that made her feel slightly sleepy . |
| 57 | ‘ I 'm not so sure we 're ill-matched , and I do n't think you are either , ’ he said with a brooding look that made her shudder . |
| 58 | He curled his arm round Claudia 's waist , smiling at the receptionist in a way that made her assure him she would keep his secret . |
| 59 | ‘ I wo n't take your refusal , ’ he said in a soft voice that made her quake . |
| 60 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |