Example sentences of "that [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also it was about time he learnt that bossing her around would n't be a push-over for him . |
| 2 | Vibrant with exercise , alone , firmly pushing aside all thought that oppressed her , she sat and watched the sea , while the salty air buffeted softly against her cheeks and the gulls wheeled overhead , slightly paler than the pale sky . |
| 3 | She forgot about the coarse sheet that grazed her back . |
| 4 | Alice gratefully laughed with her , feeling privileged and special in this intimacy with Pat that admitted her into important conspiracy . |
| 5 | Or was it just fear that paralysed her , like a frightened rabbit ? |
| 6 | With a meekness that made her feel mean , he knelt down on the floor and started to gather his cuttings together . |
| 7 | There was something in his voice that made her open her eyes . |
| 8 | On Clarissa 's part , because she kept putting off the dreaded bread and butter telephone call , and that made her feel guilty and irritable . |
| 9 | But it was Susannah 's passionate appeal to the girls to support her party because she believes the Liberal Democrats care about the homeless that made her the winner . |
| 10 | It was these that made her carry on the conversation . |
| 11 | Zitney fixed her with the kind of look that made her feel electric all over . |
| 12 | She wore a fetching , knee-length black dress and a kind of Spanish headdress that made her look a little like a sherry advertisement . |
| 13 | Bravely , she shut her mind as firmly as she could against the fears that kept crowding in on her as she hurried through the shadows cast by great trees or trod across soggy glades that made her think with a shudder of hidden bogs . |
| 14 | The girl had something — quite apart from her natural grace and outstanding good looks , quite apart from the lithe , leggy body that was simply made for modelling , there was a quality about her that made her stand out from all the others girls in the class , which drew the eye and held it , so that even someone as cynical as Arlene looked and wanted to go on looking . |
| 15 | It was this certainty that made her the leader . |
| 16 | Sarah had produced a child by another man , and that made her a loose woman . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Her eyes were a startling violet colour that made her look incredibly strong-minded . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It had a slight curl in it that made her look soft somehow . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |