Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 That she felt that it was really something D P actually signed off ..
2 She says that she screamed when it happened , she did n't know what to do .
3 However , Lilian Peters , seeing how hurt Mrs Miller was , said that she thought that it was a good idea and after suggesting that a weekly gathering of the evacuated mothers and their infants would also be an excellent idea , Mrs Miller sat down beaming , because she believed she had thought of it herself .
4 And if she did , she would look into Carrie 's mind with her witch 's eyes and know that she knew that it was Mrs Gotobed weeping upstairs , and that she was remembering what Mr Evans had said .
5 Despite the fact that she knew that it was pointless , Fran began to struggle , pride and a fierce determination not to give in making her twist and turn in his hold .
6 But in any case , her prominence in the preparations for the 5 October march , and her leading part in it , did not mean that she intended that it should lead to a violent outcome , and the mere fact of her CPNI membership can not be taken as evidence for the existence of a violent conspiracy .
7 That was wiser than she knew since it deflected her aunt from the shock of the announcement and gave her something to pursue .
8 That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound .
9 She greeted Philip with a kiss , which did n't please Eileen — until she realized that it was common practice .
10 Betty began to open her mouth to argue that it was n't well-trained at all until she remembered that it did n't exist , and she had vowed not to get drawn into Lydia 's idiotic fantasies .
11 Richard 's Johnson , obedient to the pressed button , came to life at once , and she saw that it had never occurred to him that it might n't .
12 She remembered that Ana had told her it was deep right to the edge and she prayed that it was .
13 And she knew that it was .
14 Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all .
15 Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and
16 A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace .
17 It was as if that was the only emotion Jack allowed himself , the only time he let down his guard , and she sensed that it was almost involuntary and if he could have prevented it he would have done .
18 Tamar , Lady Lassiter 's life was tidy and secure once again and she determined that it would now remain so .
19 She wanted to make some sarcastic retort about his being so bossy , but he was already clearing away the plates , not paying the slightest scrap of attention to her , and she realised that it was this lack of attention that really annoyed her .
20 Suddenly Shelley could n't see , and she realised that it was her tears that had blinded her .
21 I asked if it was foreign and she said that it was . ’
22 She said that some social workers were uneasy about that , and she agreed that it involved trust , but it was also to avoid abandoning the problem to someone else .
23 I indicated a chair and she nodded that it was OK for me to sit down .
24 She realised that Urquhart had neither the grace nor sensitivity to apologise and she wondered whether it was due to shyness or boorishness .
25 It was unbelievable that he could suggest such a thing — and she wondered if it was a test of some sort .
26 And she wondered if it were a house , or a flat , and if he lived alone there .
27 She had lined her pencil-box with pond-weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it was not easy to get the newt out of the hat and into the pencil-box .
28 One of the handful of paid staff , a young woman of about seventeen , was full of energy and enthusiasm , but she said that it was very difficult to keep enough volunteers to teach .
29 She said alright it 's twenty five quid , it 's an expense but she said but it 's something that she 'll keep .
30 So she said well I 'll put that on the thing , but she said if it goes to Crown Court you 'll have to , I said well
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