Example sentences of "[adj] [that] she [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , although she never actually put it into words she had made it perfectly clear that she would put him out of business if he did n't agree to her terms . |
| 2 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 3 | She had refused to get up , now held his legs in a hug , and her face against his thighs , turning now one cheek then the other into the material of his trousers , just below his crotch , and he was dismayed that she might smell him , that his buttoned flies , however spick — and they were freshly laundered — might carry some old aroma all the same , for he knew how bodies animate and inform even the most lifeless paraphernalia , how Maria Filippa marked her hairbrush , her pillow , her section of the wardrobe , as surely with her scent as a roe leaves spoor for a hunting dog in a forest . |
| 4 | His heart was banging against his chest wall so hard that she could feel it thudding into her as well . |
| 5 | He had said he was a very good friend of Danny , Carrie 's brother , and it was likely that she would see him sometime in the future . |
| 6 | Tomorrow would be another day , and she would make damned sure that she would get it off on the right footing . |
| 7 | No longer sure that she could believe it , but still determined to make the best of her marriage , Julia managed to pull herself away from David . |
| 8 | He did not know of the English habit of using such affectionate epithets rather haphazardly , and he was impressed that she should consider him her dear . |
| 9 | It seemed to her important that she should meet him standing . |
| 10 | She slipped under the bedclothes and switched on the reading lamp , adamant that she would shove him to the furthest corner of her mind , but the minute she opened her book her brain started working again , throwing up images of him , the way he smiled , that confident knowing look in his eyes when he addressed her . |
| 11 | I was worried that she might shut me out and that our marriage might break up . |
| 12 | I would like to add another Oscar , but I 'm worried that she will tear it fin from fin . |
| 13 | The doctor offered Rose slimming tablets to help her lose even more weight but he said he was not very hopeful that she would lose it from her legs . |
| 14 | And she could not , thought Dalgliesh , be as naive as that ; he was surprised that she could expect him to believe that she was . |
| 15 | Wished he had n't been so damn scared that she 'd turn him down . |
| 16 | She asked for her boys to be taken into care because she was terrified that she would do it again . |
| 17 | He is always pleased to see his nursery teacher but is terrified that she will think he is a naughty boy . |
| 18 | He is always pleased to see his nursery teacher but is terrified that she will think he is a naughty boy . |