Example sentences of "[v-ing] that she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Methinks I should contrive to send her a message , suggesting that she pays me another visit . ’ |
| 2 | The shriek that went up as she sank back on to a wicker sofa drumming her heels on the ground and yelling and shouting that she wished he were dead , and that she 'd been dishonoured , made him quite alarmed . |
| 3 | Mrs Ware telephoned me five weeks after her husband died saying that she felt her children should be taken into care and she should be hospitalized because she could no longer cope . |
| 4 | She found herself saying that she felt her father was going to ‘ drop down ’ in some way . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you saying that she killed herself ? ’ |
| 6 | Those letters would be bound to point out to Gina how badly she 'd treated him , telling her to reform and to save her marriage if they were religious , or else saying that she deserved it if he got someone else . |
| 7 | Wolfgang fell into the trap and signed the document , whereupon Constanze dramatically tore it up , saying that she trusted him and needed no written assurance of his intentions . |
| 8 | I should think probably Mrs. Thatcher would send a letter to the Three Hundred group saying that she supported your aims , did n't she ? |
| 9 | The gipsies looked so threatening that she thought they were going to attack Angela 's father , but Farmer Yatton stood his ground , and presently the gipsies , grumbling loudly , began to move their horses , which they had unharnessed , back between the shafts of the caravans . |
| 10 | so she said while you 've been doing that she said she 's been sort of gassing to anybody you know , so she said it 's been mentioned by management and they said oh well she 'll be able to sort of hovering while she stood there you know , time , time to natter she could be erm , got time to do that . |
| 11 | Thank goodness for Iris , thought Melissa as she plodded wearily up to bed , for insisting that she cover herself by reporting Lou 's visit . |
| 12 | It was as if by revealing a hint of softness to Nutty , knowing that she suspected him of acquiescing in order to save Firelight from the chop , a girlish affection betrayed , he then behaved more churlishly than ever to make up for it . |
| 13 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
| 14 | Nicklaus , sensing that she had something on her mind , offered an encouraging , ‘ Do n't be afraid to speak up ! ’ |
| 15 | having found themselves for no good reason sitting together : Liz and Alix discovered that both came from Yorkshire , and that neither played lacrosse , nor had ever seen it being played , and Esther joined the discussion by volunteering that she had herself managed to avoid playing netball for the past three years on the grounds that she was too small . |
| 16 | I remember Otto mentioning that she entertained him there with Jean-Claude , and only later moved out into a room over the Café du Coin , to be nearer her ‘ young man ’ . |
| 17 | Her mother had been a famous courtesan , doted on by all Cairo but in particular by Nuri , who , though a mature man , had taken the reckless step of proposing that she become his wife and a member of his harem . |
| 18 | It was all there , the passion and the glory and inflamed rush of feeling that she knew she would always have for him . |
| 19 | Every motion sent her senses reeling , deeper and deeper into the furnace they had entered together , until at last , as she soared to a height of such intensity of feeling that she thought she must burst , something exploded in her brain , and she was awash with the dizzying sensation of all-consuming love . |
| 20 | He was a strange man , still lonely in spite of taking her for his wife , and kept his own counsel , never discussing his thoughts with her , keeping his troubles deep , and always ensuring that she had whatever she needed . |
| 21 | Now she paused so long before answering that she forgot what she was going to say . |
| 22 | Declaring that she believed she was speaking for everyone , she expressed gratitude for the splendour of the hospitality provided by La Belle France , thanked the president personally , and added a few more words of the sort which well-brought-up people employ on such occasions . |