Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the death of her father in 1866 she suffered physical and mental breakdown , confiding in a letter that it was her religion that held her up . |
| 2 | Roman shot her a glance that told her nothing of what he was thinking . |
| 3 | She ran , fleeing the demons that pursued her , dragging in great gasps of cold air as if they were her last . |
| 4 | The future was like the blackness that surrounded her , in which there were n't even shadows . |
| 5 | His anger reached out with a deadly force that made her flinch back from him . |
| 6 | Fran did n't want to look at him , did n't want to turn her head and see the anger in those dark eyes , but there was no escaping the powerful force that drew her . |
| 7 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 8 | Claudia wished she could stop shaking ; the touch of his hard body against hers had started up a whirlpool of emotion that left her wanting to run until she had put miles between them . |
| 9 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 10 | Then Kerry began to realise that she had found a strange kind of relief amid the disappointment that knocked her sideways when she first saw Panos . |
| 11 | It was a command that made her even more resentful . |
| 12 | Julius stood in the doorway , and there was a bright light in his eyes that made her feel very alarmed . |
| 13 | He smiled suddenly , something in his eyes that made her instantly wary , but when she tried to remove her hand from his arm he covered her fingers with his own and held them there . |
| 14 | And the eyes that challenged her across he table were just brown eyes , filled with lazy amusement . |
| 15 | There was something about the look in his eyes that told her this was a time to listen and not argue . |
| 16 | Of course , having always possessed an interest in astrology , she knew that it was her Arien opposition that made her react so whenever she was under threat . |
| 17 | Ruth was used to feeling afraid in his presence ; but now the fear that touched her seemed more on his account than on her own . |
| 18 | It was a new and subtle torment , and she writhed beneath the thrill of his touch , feverishly arching against the eddying bands of tension that enticed her towards some undreamed-of zenith . |
| 19 | It was her air of nervous tension that set her apart from the other passengers as she jumped from the train at Stowbridge , searching the platform with a fraught expression that only partially lifted when she caught sight of Melissa . |
| 20 | The secret of her approach was care in preparation , and woe betide the department that sent her into battle badly briefed or not briefed at all . |
| 21 | His fingers bit deep into her shoulders , but the pain scarcely registered in comparison with the sensations that possessed her , the fire streaking through her whole nervous system . |
| 22 | Giving her a long , slow appraisal that made her wriggle uncomfortably , he asked softly , ‘ Decided to rejoin the human race ? ’ |
| 23 | She shook her head and felt colour wash into her cheeks as his eyes drifted slowly over her face in a very thorough appraisal that made her feel both weak and excited . |
| 24 | It was the memory of the sparkling waters of Tenerife that helped her with her imaging , and her joy in at last succeeding in that therapy was immense and infectious . |
| 25 | Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison . |
| 26 | The odd fleeting stasis that gripped her was complete . |
| 27 | Alice gratefully laughed with her , feeling privileged and special in this intimacy with Pat that admitted her into important conspiracy . |
| 28 | I ca n't put down exactly what she was like , only words that summon her to my mind , and this worries me , but it does n't really matter , since I know what she looked like , and this is being written just for me anyway . |
| 29 | After a while when the sickness had subsided , she opened the door and was about to creep cautiously away , when she heard her father speak some words that halted her : ‘ Who 's to blame for the club nights , I ask you ? ’ he was saying . |
| 30 | She made a fuss of every boat that approached her and mixed with all bathers on the beach , allowing them to pet her , hold her tail , and ride on her back . |