Example sentences of "[to-vb] that she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that she was forced to accept that she had n't , Celia began to panic . |
| 2 | It one thing to accept that she had no future with Harry and quite another to force her heart to give up hope , to stop loving him . |
| 3 | To tell Luke the truth , somehow force him to accept that she had never been involved with Florian in the way he imagined , might just possibly put an end to his — his persecution of her . |
| 4 | It was not necessary for him to know that she 'd been a widow for years . |
| 5 | So he 'll be glad to know that she thought about him and wanted him to know it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Nobody down here seems to know that she died . |
| 7 | She was flying , just within the still pocket of air , but enough to know that she had the power . |
| 8 | She said , ‘ So you see , she did think of you , and wanted you to know that she had . |
| 9 | She did n't want him to know that she had been looking at him . |
| 10 | It was n't an attractive option , especially as she did n't need to glance behind at the carefully packed boot full of vital equipment to know that she had brought no waterproof coat ; she was an optimist by nature and one with no foresight , always a lethal combination . |
| 11 | Even more , it was gratifying to know that she had coped and coped well , Lindsey thought as she began to clear away . |
| 12 | It gave her confidence a boost to know that she had spotted him , and it made her actions easy . |
| 13 | The court considered it was relevant to discover that she had spent the day drinking more than twelve pints of lager and cider along with two bottles of wine , and had sexual intercourse with a soldier during the afternoon . |
| 14 | When she woke up two hours later she was aggrieved to discover that she had spent the evening alone and went to her room to listen to music . |
| 15 | Fabia saw no point in butting in to comment that she had in fact come very close to doing that very thing , and after a few moments ' pause Ven went on , ‘ I knew I 'd bruised your pride , but that had been necessary when my desire for you had threatened to blot out reason . |
| 16 | He led her to it and was delighted to find that she accepted the lair at once . |
| 17 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
| 18 | She was surprised to find that she felt only contempt . |
| 19 | He was somewhat consoled to find that she seemed to be genuinely interested . |
| 20 | He bared her breasts ; put his tongue to them as his hands went down to the belt of her skirt , to find that she 'd changed for the trip , and was wearing jeans . |
| 21 | To find that she 'd pinched his windpipe shut . |
| 22 | Theda came to herself to find that she lay in a large four-poster bed , with the curtains drawn back , and the weak autumn sun coming in at the windows . |
| 23 | This happened to our Corporal Jane , who arrived back in camp after a brief visit to one of the neighbouring air fields to find that she had been posted to the Met Office at Group Headquarters , Huntingdon , and the corporal there , Rosemary Hilton , had received a reciprocal posting to Bourn . |
| 24 | Meryl was surprised to find that she had enjoyed the lecture and become thoroughly involved in its subject . |
| 25 | Eventually all was well , pockets complete , only for her to find that she had been cutting out these pocket linings in her already prepared garment lining ! ! |
| 26 | She was shocked to find that she had completely forgotten how to whistle . |
| 27 | Years later , when I met , through Eliot 's sister-in-law , that charming , modest , retiring lady in Brooklyn , I was relieved to find that she had liked what I had written about her . |
| 28 | Sanity returning , he ran after her , to find that she had taken the key out of the lock — and locked the door from the outside , against him . |
| 29 | She was to find out that something would startle her like this and then quieten down to an apparent normality , only to find that she had really been shaken up into accepting an entirely unnatural situation and adapting it to the flow of her life . |
| 30 | I was surprised to find that she had such a rich and violent internal life and that all this was smouldering and seething away . |