Example sentences of "that she [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers brushed lightly across her lips , tracing a path of flame that she felt even in the midst of her anger . |
| 2 | They may have been glad , since she was turning out to be hard to amuse , that she slept deeply in the early afternoons . |
| 3 | But her best-known theatre role in the city has to be as Shirley Valentine , the acclaimed Willy Russell play that she took all over the country four years ago . |
| 4 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 5 | He pushed her away so that she fell hard against the door . |
| 6 | It was not until they levelled out that she thought again about the possibility of living to a ripe old age . |
| 7 | Of course it may be that she returned here with the deceased last night and he went out again on his own , but it does n't seem likely . ’ |
| 8 | Little that is definite is known of her early years , except that she was said to have been a backward child ; that she was sent to a private school , Hope House , in Taunton ; that she broke away from the family tradition of Methodism and became an Anglican ; and that she came to the attention of Dorothea Beale [ q.v. ] , and taught at Cheltenham Ladies ' College from 1877 until 1881 . |
| 9 | What I liked about her was that she charged less in the 6ds than she did in the 1/3s : she had a sliding scale . |
| 10 | A tidal wave of desire powered through her — breathtaking and terrifying , a craving so fierce that she surrendered completely to the sweet persistence of his seductive mouth . |
| 11 | We wondered if you realized that she walks right in the middle of the road ; some visitors do , you know , thinking there is no traffic here . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , little is known about her life , however , it is understood that she worked regularly for the National Geographic magazine , for whom she did some of their earliest published colour photography . |