Example sentences of "that she [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had never felt the exquisite excitement that she felt at this moment . |
| 2 | That might in itself imply that she felt for some reason that she would be suspected , or perhaps she knew who the killer was and preferred to keep quiet . |
| 3 | On that instant she put down her comb , and turned her back on her dressing-table mirror — and at the same time rejected any notion that she felt in any way excited . |
| 4 | On the reverse of each plate is Cicely Mary Barker 's original poem that she penned for each fairy . |
| 5 | There is a local story that Queen Elizabeth spent a night here ; what is certain is that she passed on this road on her way from Burderop to Cirencester . |
| 6 | He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category . |
| 7 | She had told him that Brenda was obsessively vegetarian , and that she longed for red meat : would he take her out ? |
| 8 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 9 | I 'm told , though , that she went with some relief — because she would n't be around to witness what promised to be the ghastly ignominy of election day . |
| 10 | When she married a Kent farm labourer her own relatives disowned her : ‘ it was n't a very happy thing , you see , that she married into this family … |
| 11 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 12 | The inquest heard that she died from multiple injuries . |
| 13 | She was so furious that she drove with exaggerated care back to Kalkara , in case she crashed into someone in her distracted state . |
| 14 | When pressed to give her views on Fatima , the daughter of the prophet Mohamad ( whose birthday is Women 's Day in Iran ) she praised Fatima but added that she belonged to 14 centuries ago . |
| 15 | I do n't know how he found out that she belonged to that lass , but find out he has . |
| 16 | That she belonged to some time , when I was a little kid , that had somehow been barred from my memory . |
| 17 | It roused her violently by its unexpectedness , and she made no protest when his arms went round her and he kissed her with a force and a recklessness that she met with equal need . |
| 18 | She endured his company , that was all ; he told himself that she behaved in all ways like a young lady : it would not have been proper for her to show more feeling . |
| 19 | She liked her guests to see and hear the efficient way that she dealt with difficult situations . |
| 20 | Did you know that she dealt in stolen goods , arranged thefts and then fenced the goods , did you know she arranged insurance for many of the smaller shopkeepers — her kind of insurance ? |
| 21 | I was sure that she consisted of two personalities , one innocuous and human , the other uncanny . |
| 22 | The very fact that terms like ‘ dissenter ’ and ‘ nonconformist ’ made no sense in America shows the attraction that she held for English Nonconformists : America to them was what England might become . |
| 23 | There are reports that she attempted to leave Northumberland House : it seems that she stayed on one occasion with Louise Purdon , who was a " night-nurse " with her own flat above a chemist 's , until she was found and taken back . |
| 24 | The court was told that she dabbled in black magic and tried summoning messages from the spirit world by using a ouija board . |
| 25 | Before that she worked for several companies in Taiwan , the last one being Coca-Cola . |
| 26 | It was , it was bad that she used to those draws that bad that after so long you 'd see him go all white and then you 'd gradually see round the crutch then so , more |