Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] that she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 2 | One claim guaranteed to draw fire from Kylie is that she missed out on a childhood because of showbiz . |
| 3 | I think one of my difficulties with Adam Bede is that she begins to lose interest a little bit in the figure of the beautiful , but not actually very bright , village girl , whose seduction is an important part of the story , and by the end of the book we feel that she 's actually bored with Hettie , is n't really concerned any longer to explore Hettie 's own sufferings as the other woman who has been badly treated by the rascally gentleman . |
| 4 | What is known about Jane is that she lived in a cellar in Wisbech , earning her living by reaping in the fields in the summer and spinning wool and flax in the winter . |
| 5 | So far , all that she knew of Josie was that she owned a big handbag . |
| 6 | Irene had three much older spinster sisters who adored her , and her one consolation when she was discharged from the Waaf was that she had somewhere to go and three loving sisters to look after her . |
| 7 | Another reason for suspecting the masked lady was Ada is that she did seem to disappear , from at least public view , about that time . |
| 8 | But where she differs from Miss Finlay Johnson is that she looks beyond the facts to more universal implications of any particular topic . |
| 9 | And one thing he did know about the real Sandra was that she had a very low tolerance for boredom , and that she got bored very easily . |
| 10 | It was known at Cadogan 's that she had once fallen from a horse while out hunting and had broken her collarbone , but continued to follow the hounds for the rest of the day until she collapsed as they ran the fox to earth . |
| 11 | And if Mrs Williams — and how very grateful Morse was that she 'd agreed to his earlier telephone request to be present ! — if Mrs Williams could possibly think of some diversion … some talk , some walk . |