Example sentences of "[adj] that she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made it clear that she wished their relationship to continue , but could nor tolerate Charles 's violent outbursts . |
| 2 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 3 | O'Keeffe made it clear that she defined her art strictly as self-expression and indicated that she had first begun her formal training at the Art Institute of Chicago . |
| 4 | She felt a deep , sensual pleasure as she held his leaping , quivering manhood in check , but the heat of him was so dangerously exciting that she arched herself in mute supplication , begging him to give her the release that her body craved . |
| 5 | It is perhaps interesting that she gave her forwarding address in America as 83 Brattle Street which was , in fact , where Emily Hale lived . |
| 6 | Rejection was so icily painful that she caught her breath . |
| 7 | His eyes were so alive that she felt she was looking straight into the source of his pleasure — he was the sort of man who thrived on challenge and went out to meet it head-on . |
| 8 | But the assistant on the show got so pissed that she put her head on his lap , after which he got up and walked off in the middle of the programme . ’ |
| 9 | He was dead to the world , so deeply asleep that she wondered what on earth he could have been doing half the night . |
| 10 | During the next few days , Cassie was immeasurably grateful that she had her work . |
| 11 | It was in vain that she told herself he was a stranger , a man who had probably by now forgotten her . |
| 12 | Her own awareness of him was so strong that she felt she could have tracked him anywhere , just by the dizzying sensation of his presence . |
| 13 | She was going out with a friend of mine , but she came on so strong that she frightened him off . |
| 14 | He sounded so disgusted that she seized her case and bolted through the door he indicated . |
| 15 | Lee suddenly felt so sad that she thought she would never move again . |
| 16 | He banged his cup down on its saucer , so hard that she expected it to shatter . |
| 17 | The smile had died from his eyes , and he tightened his arms round her so hard that she thought her ribs might crack . |
| 18 | He put his hands on her shoulders , towering over her , his powerful body so compelling that she thought she would fall if he let her go . |
| 19 | He 'd applauded politely at the end of every number , but seemed totally unmoved , and somehow that had made her try all the harder , as though it were imperative that she reach him . |
| 20 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 21 | ‘ She had a very detailed knowledge of Enya 's music , and it was obvious that she plays it a lot . ’ |
| 22 | Still , it was good that she sought his advice . |
| 23 | Alexandra was not entirely sure that she chose her clothes with the magazine in mind . |
| 24 | Two young men , superior artisans probably , out for a night on the town , dressed in an imitation of their betters , their brown bowlers tipped over their foreheads , their eyes searching the crowd for likely partners for a bit of fun , had attracted Rose 's attention , and she had made sure that she attracted theirs . |
| 25 | She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that ! |
| 26 | And if she did come in she always made sure that she had somebody else with her . |
| 27 | Jeremy settles Kate on a rattan sofa with a whisky , flicks on the stereo and then sits down himself at the other end of the sofa , making sure that she notices his careful maintenance of physical space between them . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 29 | I am sure that she knows what I mean . |
| 30 | Was n't at all sure that she wanted him to have learned anything about her that went to add up to what made her tick . |