Example sentences of "she [vb past] that [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |
| 2 | She imagined that to walk that track , and to climb the rough hewn rock around the mouth of the cave , would bring her to the top of the canyon . |
| 3 | For she thought that to reject his money altogether might hurt him . |
| 4 | She attempted to push him away , and then , as his wonderful mouth gentled over hers , she knew that to push him away was not what she wanted either . |
| 5 | Birds did it all the time with ease and grace , but for the crews of the bombers that flew from Fenton Bishop aerodrome she knew that to take off meant dry-mouthed apprehension and an ice-cold hand that twisted your guts and made you want to throw up the supper you had neither tasted nor enjoyed . |
| 6 | As the days slid by , the Cruithin became a little less elusive , and Grainne waited , because she knew that to befriend them , to lead them back into Ireland , would be the greatest service she could render her people . |
| 7 | The young Beatrice Webb was convinced of the importance of family life for women and during the 1880s desperately desired an intimate relationship with the leading politician , Joseph Chamberlain , yet she knew that to marry him would cut her off for ever from the purposeful life of work that she also wanted . |
| 8 | She saw that to stay here under his wing would be the best thing that could happen to her . |
| 9 | She feared that to approach it would simply alert the authorities to a new means of blackmail by threatening her father through his civil service position . |
| 10 | I cycled off quickly , but when I discussed the matter subsequently with my wife she said that to carry a knife was not uncommon nowadays . |