Example sentences of "that she was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxine told me that she had known all the time that she was her twentieth-century self and that she was sitting in a comfortable chair in my consulting room . |
| 2 | But Müller had never done business that way , and it was evident that she was her father 's daughter . |
| 3 | He had come before luncheon , eaten everything put before him with great dedication , looked about him hopefully for the cigar the household did not possess , and then explained abruptly without any preliminaries to Alexandra that she was her aunt 's sole heir . |
| 4 | Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job . |
| 5 | The , the interviewer the other day said that she was somebody stopped her in Sandy Row , at the bottom of Sandy Row , |
| 6 | But , at this particular time there is no indication that she was one . |
| 7 | Today the president , Mrs Macpherson , in between gracefully shaking hands with each new arrival and presenting her to Mrs MacDonald , decided that she was nothing but a vulgar upstart , and she trembled with suppressed irritation at having to stand in the same receiving line with her . |
| 8 | She wanted to scream at him that she was nothing like that at all , but was n't she ? |
| 9 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 10 | At that moment I began to feel that she was mine , that I did n't want to lose her . ’ |
| 11 | You told us earlier that she was your girlfriend . |
| 12 | Fighting back in earnest now , Luce said , ‘ I had n't realised then that she was your fiancée . |
| 13 | You should have told me that she was your life . |
| 14 | Rosa Jacobsen confirmed in Elisabeth her determined quest , not directly , but indirectly , for Rosa was like Marie Grubbe , of whom it had been written that she was someone who ‘ sought flowers in the tree of life where others would never think to look — under dark leaves and on dry branches ’ . |
| 15 | He thought that she was someone else and would — and justifiably — be furious if he ever found out . |
| 16 | Also , according to Aszal , they said they did not doubt that she was his wife . |
| 17 | But her value in his eyes was that she was his son 's future bride , through whom he would control Scotland ; he did not envisage her doing so herself as an individual monarch , and the secret agreements she made just before her marriage show how far she agreed with him . |
| 18 | She is alleged to have convinced him that she was his mother and then forced him to have sex with her . |
| 19 | He has a final interview with Miss Havisham , and forgives her the wrong she has done him in leading him on to believe that she was his benefactor . |
| 20 | Her connection with the duke is not explained , but it is possible that she was his mistress since Gloucester 's illegitimate daughter bore the same Christian name . |
| 21 | He wished very much that she was his real sister . |
| 22 | As he hopped along beside her , she hopped and sang too , to show him that she was his friend . |
| 23 | The problem that he was having was that she was his legal wife 's sister and there was some rivalry or jealousy developing between his legal wife and er this other girl and he was n't sure what he what to do about it . |
| 24 | She wanted to please him , to see him smile , and tease her by calling himself the Master , and pretending that she was his slave . |
| 25 | Her connection with the duke is not explained , but it is possible that she was his mistress since Gloucester 's illegitimate daughter bore the same Christian name . |
| 26 | She might have extracted Simon 's solemn oath that if she attended as he wished , the pretence that she was his girlfriend would be dropped for once and for all , but was that the whole reason ? |
| 27 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 28 | Probably making a mental note of it , already determined to check out that she was who she claimed to be , and not Lotta 's mischievous accomplice . |
| 29 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 30 | She thought her brain must be slowing up , because if he was certain at the start that she was who she said she was , why would he ring England ? |