Example sentences of "[that] she [modal v] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in the suburbs and she replied that she would prefer the Royal Avenue Hotel in the centre of the city . |
| 2 | After three weeks of uncertainty the Nestor arrived in port and hopes were raised that she would sail the following day . |
| 3 | She knew that Carla was coming home with her and decided that she would take the little girl into her bed with her . |
| 4 | He did not even consider that she might hold the contrary viewpoint . |
| 5 | Erm , I feel that she 'd read the brief but had n't studied it , because she , she went back to half way through , and er , looked at the objectives . |
| 6 | Julia was half convinced that she should tell the young people to go to the cinema and dances again but she consulted Pat . |
| 7 | It was recognised that Russia should obtain the Kuril islands and Sakhalin from Japan and that she should regain the naval base at Fort Arthur forfeited at the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 . |
| 8 | Nor could Jaq imagine that she could attain the full strength of a purestrain Stealer — though her own strength was formidable , even when unenhanced . |
| 9 | Luke moved so fast that she had no time to back away as he turned her into his arms and held her to him , so close that she could feel the hard outline of his thighs through the damp towel , the heavy steady beat of his heart against her breast . |
| 10 | His dark jacket hung open to reveal a finely striped shirt , unbuttoned at the neck so that she could see the healthy bronze of his skin . |
| 11 | Occasionally she was able to force herself to go in a lift if it was one of those with a window at the front so that she could see the passing floors . |
| 12 | Although Lori was climbing , acid tricked the moment and Sophie imagined that she could see the other woman floating slowly towards her . |
| 13 | His sleeves were rolled back to reveal golden , muscular forearms , the first two buttons of his shirt were undone so that she could see the strong , tanned column of his throat , the hollow where his pulse beat , the start of the strong , hard planes of his chest . |
| 14 | She settled the old lady on a stretcher near the door , so that she could see the sunlit complex , and the happy holidaymakers laughing and shouting as they played in the pool , their conversations a mixture of Spanish and English . |
| 15 | Shadows carved the flesh from his features so that she could see the fine lines of his skull , the hard mystery of essential bone . |
| 16 | The lift was thankfully free and she stepped blindly into it , blinking so that she could find the right button to push . |
| 17 | Caroline closed her ears to the conversation , not that she could understand the swift , musical Italian . |
| 18 | There was n't an inch of clear floor anywhere , so that she could hear the sickening crunch of glass under her feet as she made her way along the hall and peered into the sitting-room , to be met by a scene of similar devastation . |