Example sentences of "[pron] that she [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JERVIS : Why , sir , she is a poor , innocent , young creature and I believe has so much confidence in me that she would take my advice as soon as she would her mother 's . |
| 2 | I work in Chipping Norton at the Presbytery and erm it just amazed me that she could tell someone not to smoke . |
| 3 | She raged silently all the way back to the cottage , but it was only when the front door closed behind them that she could trust herself enough to speak . |
| 4 | So she 's got her knuckles grazed , you 've cleansed it , put it into a drop of water , ra or else we 've used the Mediwipes or the end of the bandage okay , now we just cover it , okay , so it goes over , can you just straighten out your hand for me , it goes over the wound , okay and you can take this one that she can hold it for you just up there , right , now the rest of this just winds round , the only thing you really need to do is to just make sure that you leave the thumb out , cover up the bottom right and then come up towards the wrist , cover up the top of the pad , come back down again , leave the thumb out all the time , got the idea ? |
| 5 | of ten , overnight , especially after a major row with her daughter , Marie 's mother , stricken with guilt , would swear to herself that she would make it up to Marie tomorrow : tomorrow , they would make a fresh start . |
| 6 | Promising herself that she would explore it all properly later , she set off to find accommodation . |
| 7 | Jenna left the meal to keep hot and went to freshen up , telling herself that she would consider it coldly and then decide , but in reality she was churned up inside , a desire to hide from this uppermost , but a deep-seated and almost morbid curiosity urging her to go to France and see the man who was nothing to her at all , not even a face to remember . |
| 8 | She told herself that she must confine herself to anger only , but it was easier said than done . |
| 9 | Paralysed in its grip , she kept telling herself , over and over again , that she must n't leave him to drown : whatever Bella had said to her , however much she herself hated him , there was no point in pretending to herself that she could abandon anyone , not even him , to die . |
| 10 | She took a few deep breaths and told herself that she could handle him . |
| 11 | She walked to the main doors with him and said a quick ‘ Goodnight ’ , reminding him that she 'd pick him up at eleven the following morning . |
| 12 | For some reason it mattered to him that she should speak his name . |
| 13 | As she could not stop , he had arisen , telling her that she might cry herself sick , but that he was going to Mrs Inigo , a woman who was n't quite such a cold poultice . |
| 14 | Tell the lady next time you see her that she can have her chapel . |
| 15 | By paying her 30s. a week and taking this promise from her that she will maintain herself and will not pledge his credit , he has an added safeguard to protect himself from all this worry , trouble and expense . |
| 16 | ‘ I told her that she could do what she liked as long as she got her arse out of the building , and quick . |
| 17 | He was so near her that she could smell his cool lemony cologne . |
| 18 | But something told her that she could trust him more than any of her so-called friends . |
| 19 | Having made sure from Miss Miggs that she would n't mind if the mistletoe in her apple-tree were sold , especially as it had never occurred to her that she could sell it , three excited Brownies hurried away from Sundial Cottage and did n't pause until they reached Anne 's father 's greengrocery shop . |
| 20 | Leith waited , very much wanting to invite Travis to join her and Naylor on their walk , but one glance at Naylor — who seemed determined not to invite Travis himself — told her that she 'd regret it if she did . |
| 21 | It amazed her that she should find it difficult to tell him . |
| 22 | In his frustration and anger , he had told her that she must give herself as well before he would take them . |
| 23 | and I put twenty thousand pounds to give , I , I mean I took it that she would use her allowance , er I took it erm as twenty thousand pounds to give his wife as high a possible gross earning |