Example sentences of "[adj] she [vb past] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found that she was bringing more and more discipline to her writing for the Clarion , and thinking of this she noticed that it was the Clarion which Dr Neil was reading , or pretending to read , for her new awareness told her that , too . |
| 2 | So it might be easier she said that she 's going to visit Vic at two o'clock |
| 3 | When she was ten years old she discovered that she had a past . |
| 4 | One young woman , Lucy , told how sad she felt that her mother had very low self-esteem , believed she was unattractive and overweight — even said once that there was nothing she could do or be that Lucy and her sisters ‘ could n't do or be better ’ , which made Lucy feel envied and forced into competition with her mother , when she did n't want to be . |
| 5 | He disclosed nothing of himself , but the more he talked the more convinced she became that he was not the Nazi agent in charge of their operations in Egypt . |
| 6 | Suddenly in the thirties she announced that she was both too thin and too old to dance any more . |
| 7 | Asked if she would abandon her attempt if they became ill she replied that she could not say in advance , and pointed out that there would be eight doctors , including one paediatric specialist , immediately to hand . |
| 8 | There were some lovely old brasses , too , which fascinated her ; and when she had finished looking at these she found that she was alone . |
| 9 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 10 | Arrogant swine , she fumed , and hoped with all she had that he 'd gone to bed hungry last night . |
| 11 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 12 | Oh , help , she thought , wishing with all she had that she 'd never told him that she was twenty-two . |
| 13 | ‘ What 's wrong with him ? ’ she asked , praying with all she had that it was n't serious . |
| 14 | Fabia drove through Belgium and into Germany wishing with all she had that it were Saturday and that her interview with the highly esteemed author were over . |
| 15 | She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth . |
| 16 | On June 28 she announced that she would not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election . |
| 17 | The more she thought about it , the more certain she became that there was really only one avenue open to her . |
| 18 | If he were not so attractive she thought that she herself might , by now , have shaken him soundly . |
| 19 | At five to seven she decided that her long gold hair needed another combing — and jumped up from the dressing-table as if shot when a minute later the phone in her room rang and the receptionist told her that a car had come for her . |