Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | The future was like the blackness that surrounded her , in which there were n't even shadows . |
| 4 | His anger reached out with a deadly force that made her flinch back from him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was a command that made her even more resentful . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Giving her a long , slow appraisal that made her wriggle uncomfortably , he asked softly , ‘ Decided to rejoin the human race ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison . |
| 18 | The odd fleeting stasis that gripped her was complete . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The earlier remoteness was gone , replaced instead by a naked vulnerability that shook her . |
| 21 | ‘ He does n't live in a void , ’ said the poet 's wife on television , in a cut that shook her with its glibness . |
| 22 | The doorway was a smiling mouth that welcomed her . |
| 23 | Damian 's voice rose in fury as he strode to them , reached them and pushed Tony away from Rachel with a violence that made her cry out in horror as Tony stumbled backwards . |
| 24 | Ender , 33 , is unlikely now to produce the kind of speed that helped her break no fewer than 27 world records during her distinguished career . |
| 25 | She shook her head , trying to clear the hot rush of blood that made her feel strangely dizzy . |
| 26 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 27 | The natural values of such materials were used , in the work of some of the artists , to stir memories of particular female tasks or events : the death of Emily Wilding , the suffragette , is evoked by Josephine Thom by a rose wreath made of lace and underwear , on a turf sod scored by the hoof marks of the horse that killed her . |
| 28 | It was a clear silver flame that hollowed her with its hunger . |
| 29 | Clenching her teeth she pulled the door behind her , heard the sharp click of the Yale lock that shut her out . |
| 30 | Win Morgan smiled with a flash of humour that was rare because she was a woman grown old before her time , worn by the constant pain of her bone ache and wearied by the persistent cough that racked her . |