Example sentences of "[adv] that she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and she were similar but he had a natural goodness which she lacked , and she did not want to claim aloud that she understood him because that , in itself , would lead to misunderstanding . |
| 2 | The now familiar palpitating flutter in her heart made itself felt and the blood drummed unpleasantly in her head so that she feared she might lose her senses . |
| 3 | He took up a sleeping-bag , unzipping it so that she had something dry to sit on . |
| 4 | Not for sustenance , but so that she had something on which to focus her attention while she thought about her response to him . |
| 5 | Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she had somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man . |
| 6 | so that she desired herself alone in order to become androgynous . |
| 7 | Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list . |
| 8 | ‘ Look at me , ’ he ordered , giving her a sharp shake so that she raised her head . |
| 9 | He would drop her , of course , sooner or later — or rather , he would engineer it so that she dropped him . |
| 10 | It was a day lying hidden among all the other days of the year , so that she noticed nothing when it came round , and did not know what week , month , season or year it would be . |
| 11 | Many children need to spend much of their time with the group in physical activity out-of-doors , and a teacher supervising them can help to develop their experiences and language , so that she feels her time is being used just as profitably out-of-doors as within the confines of the classroom . |
| 12 | Some time needs to be spent in conversation so that she feels he desires the total person and not just the body . |
| 13 | His anger matched her own , then outgrew it so that she felt her breath catch in dismay as she saw the expression on his coldly furious face . |
| 14 | He was terrified , and his fear began to obsess her , so that she felt her own body begin to knot up with tension again . |
| 15 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 16 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 17 | He leaned down so that she saw his whole face was alight with a slightly satirical amusement . |
| 18 | The universe inside her mind exploded her out from its centre of I and other beings poured into her so that she knew their inner selves . |
| 19 | He had a clear , incisive mind and might be able to blow some of the cobwebs away so that she knew what to say to Amsterdam when the time came . |
| 20 | So anything I could offer that would be nice , oh she said I do n't know , now , but I 'll tell you when you come this afternoon and so that she told me there was around five or six o'clock and it was too late so I said well I 'll go on Monday morning , but they er were all closed on Monday morning . |
| 21 | Kate 's expression was hardly conciliatory , and he had to remind her in a fierce whisper that he was an important sponsor , so that she allowed herself to smile and be polite . |
| 22 | A group of American housewives discussed how they combined an exercise routine with everyday living and one recommended her method of keeping a pan which she constantly used on a high shelf , so that she did plenty of stretching every day . |
| 23 | The public relations worker studies these differences , called " profiles " , so that she knows which paper is best suited for her information to get the best response . |
| 24 | ‘ But would n't it be better if I came to see her , just to meet her , so that she knows who you 're with ? ’ |
| 25 | Lyn took one of the gravel paths into the grounds of the general hospital , walking towards the sun that dazzled her eyes so that she screwed them up against it . |
| 26 | Expertly his hands began their slow , feverish exploration of her bare skin , tormenting as they sought to inflame her further and further so that she forgot everything but the pleasure he could bring her . |
| 27 | Although she spoke lightly , she realized that out of this fantastic scheme they might evolve some means of making a livelihood , and her spirits rose , so that she forgot her disturbing discovery . |
| 28 | And he went to take her by the arm , for he feared that she might fall — only for an even worse horror to grip Sally-Anne , so that she pushed him violently away , quite unable to control herself , stammering , ‘ No — no … ’ |
| 29 | She began to take a different route so that she approached her home from the other end of Magdalen Street and avoided a meeting with John . |
| 30 | Levering himself up to sit back on his heels and pulling her easily with him , he lifted her on to his lap , so that she found herself straddling him , her naked breasts pressed against the sensuous roughness of his chest , with only thin swimming costumes protecting her from ultimate intimacy . |