Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her will declares that more than £219,000 should go to Cornell College , Mount Vernon , Iowa , in the U.S. , where she had studied English literature . |
| 2 | Either that or she 'd got two woollies on . |
| 3 | Held , dismissing the appeal , ( 1 ) that either the mother as donee of the power of attorney had possessed sufficient general understanding and capability to have satisfied herself regarding the purport and effect of the transfer document and had failed to do so , or she had lacked ordinary competence and capacity , in which case the defendant , as donor , could not be allowed to repudiate the transfer to an innocent third party ; that , if the case was that the defendant had failed to inform the donee of the power of attorney , that lack of care also precluded him from relying on her ignorance of the power ; and that , therefore , the fact that the mother had been tricked into signing the transfer document without reading it , was not sufficient to sustain a plea of non est factum ( post , p. 679A–F ) . |
| 4 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
| 5 | The hard bench under her was n't conducive to restful slumber either , although she had known worse beds . |
| 6 | That was how she saw things , and although she tried to foresee other ways in which events might turn out , she could not imagine any future that did not include Tristram . |
| 7 | More significant , it was not until after it ended that she began to possess permanent representatives of her own in the major capitals of Europe . |
| 8 | She was violently attacked in the classroom by an 11 -year-old pupil and suffered injuries so severe that she had to take early retirement . |
| 9 | JANE O'NEILL WITNESSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT , AND WAS SO SHOCKED THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS OFF WORK . |
| 10 | She decided that she had done enough research ; it was time to start detailed plotting of her novel . |
| 11 | He , the laibon , was not so sad because he believed that she had caused many upsets . |
| 12 | But she made up her mind , did n't she , that she had to publish this book under a man 's name ? |
| 13 | Or that she had drunk one glass too many ? |
| 14 | With the light of morning she just could n't allow herself to believe , as she fully had last night after his phone call , that she had blown all chance of an interview , and Fabia sipped her coffee and wondered — how ? |
| 15 | Alisa Morrant realised that she had to target new mothers — it would be too late by the time the children attended the dentist for fillings . |
| 16 | The landlord was aware of the fact that she had made that application but , notwithstanding that , on 4 December 1989 he applied for execution . |
| 17 | She told us that she had made several visits to the London Zoo and so was familiar with the appearance of modern apes . |
| 18 | She was indicted on Nov. 21 and on Dec. 6 pleaded not guilty in a Baltimore federal court to charges that she had embezzled $5,600,000 in funds from the HUD and that she had made false statements to the government . |
| 19 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 20 | Sources close to the princess were also upset by stories that she had suffered another bout of bulimia nervosa , the binge-eating disorder . |
| 21 | And she knew that she had seen that expression before , and very recently . |
| 22 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 23 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 24 | Sarah Fuller had complained that she had lost some money . |
| 25 | Had not her sister Alice cautioned her of the dangers in being alone with a man , now that she had reached marriageable age ? |
| 26 | By the Monday , an ultrasound scan showed that she had miscarried one baby — but that another was still there . |
| 27 | He knew that she had been the owner of a house in which murder had been effected ; he knew that she had inherited this house from her uncle , Ted Mosse , an old man who was himself worth investigating . |
| 28 | She told Annie that she had to do some shopping , then doubled back and waited . |
| 29 | Not that she had dressed that way especially for him , she hastily denied . |
| 30 | The old peasant woman whom I visited told me how bad things had been before the Liberation — that she had had 8 children , of whom all but three had died . |