Example sentences of "that she [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She had lean flanks and no tummy , and I could see from the way her breasts moved slightly when she walked that she wore nothing underneath her blouse ; I also had the feeling that she knew instantly that I knew . |
| 2 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 3 | And if she did come in she always made sure that she had somebody else with her . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Dot knew that she had everything she used so much to long for . |
| 6 | She looked forward to his usual visit that evening , but he did not come , and it was Comfort who appeared at half-past nine to remake Julia 's bed and see that she had everything she needed for the night . |
| 7 | And why did the impact of his presence provoke such an undeniable response in her when , earlier , she had felt that she had everything under control ? |
| 8 | For the best part of an hour Brazil produced a dainty dish to set before the Queen of the Netherlands , who may have felt that she had something better to do than sit out a sparring match in driving rain . |
| 9 | He took up a sleeping-bag , unzipping it so that she had something dry to sit on . |
| 10 | As the transporter approached the dead end without slowing , Bernice remembered that she had something else to tell the Doctor . |
| 11 | She sighed with relief , but the look in the SS officers ' eyes warned her that she had something worse in mind . |
| 12 | Nicklaus , sensing that she had something on her mind , offered an encouraging , ‘ Do n't be afraid to speak up ! ’ |
| 13 | Not for sustenance , but so that she had something on which to focus her attention while she thought about her response to him . |
| 14 | Even those who had never met her could tell from her letters and articles that she had something special ; an eye for the kind of colourful details people would remember . |
| 15 | That possibly meant that she had something else on this weekend . |
| 16 | If he felt that she had something genuine to give , then perhaps she should go ahead and give it . |
| 17 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 18 | And she once again had the strong , peculiar feeling that was coming over her more and more often : the feeling that she had nothing in common with those two-legged creatures with a head on their shoulders and a mouth in their face . |
| 19 | As the years stumbled by she found that she had nothing much to say to anybody . |
| 20 | But Beatrice complained sadly that she had nothing to wear that had n't been seen a hundred times . |
| 21 | She put her finger to her lips and he watched in astonishment as she opened her dressing to reveal that she had nothing on . |
| 22 | Some of the girls had been looking forward to this as to the highlight of the trip , but Clara had been dreading it , and for a classic reason , which was that she had nothing nice to wear . |
| 23 | Viola Machin , torn between a desire to protest that she had nothing to hide , and a feeling that she had , said at last , reluctantly : ‘ Well , yes , that 's true : and I 'm grateful to you for that , Hilda . ’ |
| 24 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |
| 25 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 26 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 27 | was taken on that she had one immediately sh , we lost dad |
| 28 | ( Not that she had anything against Greenpeace . |
| 29 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 30 | Not that she had anything against him . |