Example sentences of "that it [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble with winning , she explained , was that it left her with bad memories rather than good . |
| 2 | Her Finals were approaching , and she had no idea of what she should do next , and indeed did not dare to think about the future for she knew that it offered her little in the way of readily acceptable projects . |
| 3 | In fact , one of the things that had pleased her about her daughter staying in London was that it kept her away from Seaton Cramer Hall . |
| 4 | The other reason she had disappeared with the juniors was that it kept her out of Jack 's way . |
| 5 | She was as much a part of this murky landscape now as if she had been born here , every step of the way between Miss Gemma Dallam 's cloistered corner and her own — in spirit a universe apart — being so familiar to her that it seemed she had always known them , or had known them before , in another place , a dozen other places ; another life . |
| 6 | Sometimes she was so funny that it seemed she ought to be given a show of her own . |
| 7 | A divorced friend of mine said that it took her about a year to reach the breakthrough . |
| 8 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 9 | She had to admit , however , that the main reason that she had phoned the Symses and answered their appeal so promptly was that it took her out of the house , and away from the strain of being with Mark in public while the incident of the night before still divided them . |
| 10 | He did n't hesitate and say ‘ I 'll have to ask God about that ’ ; in the few seconds that it took her to express her need , Elisha knew what to say to her . |
| 11 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
| 12 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 13 | Sinking down on her bed , she found that it took her quite some time to get herself more of one piece . |
| 14 | But to complain that its effect was therefore paralysingly glum would no more have occurred to her as fair than to complain that it made her feel fat . |
| 15 | How could she say that it made her feel uncomfortable ? |
| 16 | The most upsetting thing was that it made her realise just how much she had been allowing him to guide her in the decision , putting her desire to leave the nurses ' home and her pleasure at Dr Entwistle 's recommendation very much in second place . |
| 17 | Geoff Tulloch once advanced the opinion that it made her look like an air hostess . |
| 18 | She glanced up at the blackened night sky , pin-pointed with stars so wondrous that it made her feel like crying , and wished she were home , warm and safe in bed . |
| 19 | As she returned to her nest , looking around her , she could see it so clearly that it made her laugh . |
| 20 | He was so wide of the mark that it made her smile . |
| 21 | It was so cold that it burnt her , so cold that it stuck to her fingers . |
| 22 | Fru Møller , who resented the embargo on her taste within the house , and frequently complained of the frustration she endured at having to maintain the past in all its detail , enjoyed the discipline the White Garden imposed , the contacts that it brought her in the gardening world , and the admiration its unusual beauty reflected upon her . |
| 23 | Albert smiled at her but so sadly that it brought her no comfort . |
| 24 | But he does n't , and my mother wo n't tell him to go , because she 's never in her life told anyone to go , it is n't in her , but he 's grinding her into the ground , she ca n't work , she ca n't concentrate , he keeps talking to her all the time , and the baby cries , and it upsets her , for all that she keeps saying it does n't , and that it takes her back to the happiest years of her life , when we were all in plastic pants , I suppose she means , except I think we all had to wear wet woolly leggings , she had this thing about plastic pants being unhealthy . " |
| 25 | Ace took the note and read it , finding that it told her where the Doctor and Howard had gone . |
| 26 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 27 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 28 | Not that it stopped her . |
| 29 | Not that it stopped her from gobbling up every cultural titbit dropped before her . |
| 30 | Not that it stopped her talking about the Jesus who was the centre of her life . |