Example sentences of "she [vb past] [that] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she admitted that in the aftermath of the collision on Borough Road , Birkenhead she had feared the worst . |
| 2 | She realised that at some level she had always known this , since otherwise she could not have recovered so quickly . |
| 3 | She realised that for George and Elizabeth to take such a firm line , Sarah must have made more of a nuisance of herself to George than she herself had noticed . |
| 4 | An unexpected pang lanced through her as she realised that after today fitzAlan would no longer stand between her and the rest of the world . |
| 5 | She realised that in his own way he was being considerate , for by refusing to talk she was laying herself open to torture . |
| 6 | Maria jeered caustically , driven partly by masochism but also by a need to lash out as she realised that in addition to all the other contemptible things he believed of her , he was now also convinced that she was a liar . |
| 7 | Dane had told her she had to stop running from the ghosts in her past , and suddenly she realised that in that , at least , he was right . |
| 8 | That glow was swiftly dampened , however , as she realised that in one and the same breath he was as good as saying that he was aware of Lubor Ondrus 's propensity to flirt with any female who was a quarter way pretty . |
| 9 | But it did make a difference — she realized that in the long hours she lay awake thinking about it . |
| 10 | It betrayed nothing personal about its owner — unless he was an emotionless aesthete — and somehow she doubted that to be the case as her psyche responded to the presence of a simmering powerhouse within the lean , muscled frame before her . |
| 11 | She doubted that in ordinary circumstances Herbert Fraser and Polly Beard got on well together . |
| 12 | She found that about two-thirds of the women whom she studied had relied upon female kin at some stage , and that most of the support which they received was child care , coming principally from mothers and mothers-in-law , but also sisters , sisters-in-law , aunts and grandmothers . |
| 13 | She found that by giving a little leap she could stride across almost like a grown-up . |
| 14 | The windows up here were waist-high , but very deep , and she found that by lifting herself up into the actual narrow embrasure , and leaning precariously forward , she could get a limited view of the clearing below . |
| 15 | She found that in the time allowed four-fifths of the adult pairs conversed , looked or smiled at each other . |
| 16 | She found that in the boys ' peer group , powerful members used direct imperatives like ‘ gim me ’ and ‘ get off ’ . |
| 17 | She found that in her sample , all of the girls in the class underestimated their rank ( as supplied by the teacher ) in relation to the boys . |
| 18 | He should n't be in her thoughts at all , and yet she found that in the short space of time since she had met him he had sunk in , wormed his way into her mind with his disturbing home truths . |
| 19 | The security guard touched his cap , smiled and waved her on , and when she pulled up in the car park she found that in spite of the earliness of the hour some families had already arrived . |
| 20 | Maude Stanley was only expressing a truism , as far as respectable society was concerned , when she advised that in starting a club ‘ discipline and order are the first requisites ’ . |
| 21 | She added that to herself while , aloud , she elaborated , ‘ I was fishing for a coin that I 'd accidentally dropped down the back of the chair … and there was my passport and the rest of my stuff . ’ |
| 22 | She added that in planning policy terms , there was no good reason for officials recommending refusal of the application . |
| 23 | The publication of the tape is likely to cause further concern to Diana who has already told friends that she believed that at least some of her private calls were being monitored and recorded . |
| 24 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 25 | She imagined that after playing tennis and having tea , they would go on somewhere and she would like to be available to go with them . |
| 26 | She reckoned that at this point , quite a few of them shed tears , but contrary to expectations there was apparently no Tiller flag hoisted or hymn sung . |
| 27 | She replied that of course she could trust me , but that this time she would like us to meet . |
| 28 | Although she stated that after 25 years in government she was keen to seek new challenges , there was widespread speculation that she would resume her political career in 1992 by contesting either the governorship or a Senate seat in her native North Carolina . |
| 29 | It had surprised Ruth that the Carsons should choose to live in a boarding-house , until she discovered that in New York it was quite the thing-always supposing that the establishment was high-class and in a good locality . |
| 30 | She refused me the pavillon for a while because she discovered that in the evenings I met friends in town . |