Example sentences of "[conj] that she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possible inferences might be that the teacher was angry , that she actually hit Mary , that she hurt her , or that she swung her hand and missed . |
| 2 | Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased . |
| 3 | But , to repeat and stress , the minimal attributions involve different language-games since the claim that the child Mary believes the ball is stuck , or that she desires it , is made of a being who does use language and the judgement carries with it this enhanced contextual implication . |
| 4 | An undemonstrative woman , the mother was quite incapable of putting her arms around her son and telling him that she was proud of him or that she loved him . |
| 5 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |
| 6 | Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption . |
| 7 | I glimpsed what she had written — nothing extraordinary except that she hoped she would soon find deliverance from her troubles . |
| 8 | What could she say to him except that she felt her life — their life together — slipping away ; that whether she survived or slid wearily from her broken body , there was no longer any prospect of happiness for them ; that he should forget her and make his own world without her ? |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know why I 'm so bloody to her , ’ Marriage grumbled , ‘ except that she tolerates me . |
| 10 | They were vague shadowy figures , rather like her own mother had been , except that she remembered them slightly better because , when she had been about eight years old , Granny Tremayne had driven her over to Newquay where they had been staying . |
| 11 | ‘ She is n't important , never was important — except that she gave me a chance to get close to you again . ’ |
| 12 | There was nothing wrong with it except that she doubted it was true and was certain Holly was showing it to Maureen for approval . |
| 13 | It seemed far more important that David should understand and not be hurt than that she save her throat . |
| 14 | She insisted that they were not seen often together at TVL and that she kept what she called her professional distance . |
| 15 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 16 | Sara could only suppose that her initial suspicion had been stilled , and that she accepted her , Sara , as part of the permanent scenery around the place . |
| 17 | I 'm especially pleased Tracy chose the Evert Cup for her comeback and that she had her first success here . ’ |
| 18 | The therapist pointed out to Liz that she seemed to be trying to get away from both the shop and the flat , and Liz then talked about her life with her boyfriend and that she felt she needed to start afresh . |
| 19 | She said how glad she was they had somewhere nice to stay and that she hoped they were being good and making their beds and helping with the washing up and remembering to clean their teeth . |
| 20 | Mr Sheffield said the note made it clear that she intended to take her own life and that she loved her family and daughter . |
| 21 | Once I realized I loved her and that she loved me it became clear that I had to leave my wife . |
| 22 | ‘ She said she was sorry and that she loved us and she just did n't realise what she had put all the people through . |
| 23 | If Susanna Jennens was alone much of the time , there is no reason to doubt that she gave attention to her kitchen maid and that she encouraged her to read and to write poetry . |
| 24 | The girls did not know that Tess cried even more at this , and that she decided she would tell Angel all her history . |
| 25 | Might it have happened that she met a horse drawn set on its way to day , and that she squeezed herself against the tunnel wall in a vain attempt to let it by without harm to herself ? |
| 26 | I take it that Barbara was your mistress when you first introduced her to Hugo and that she remained your mistress after Hugo was killed and she married Paul . ’ |
| 27 | Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise . |
| 28 | Compared Janet NcCalman alledged charmer and being questioned as to her using of charms confessed that she used one charm for Causing Cows bull ( called eelis dhair ) which she practices by expressing some words over water and that she gave it particularly to one NcAbhrionid in Balulise . |
| 29 | We read that she intended , in Hamlet 's words , to ‘ leave betimes ’ , and that she did what she intended . |
| 30 | Allen 's friends told the magazine New York Newsday that Farrow was jealous of the closeness between him and Dylan and that she favoured her natural children over her adopted youngsters . |