Example sentences of "she had a sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |
| 2 | She 'd be good to be seen with and she had a sense of humour . |
| 3 | I did n't know she had a sense of humour . ’ |
| 4 | There was no struggle , like trying to walk through water ; but she had a sense of floating , as if her body had become insubstantial , like an air bubble . |
| 5 | Their own stories had strangely interlocked , and sometimes she had a sense that such interlockings were part of a vaster network , that there was a pattern , if only one could discern it , a pattern that linked these semi-detached houses of Wanley with those in Leeds and Northam , a pattern that linked Liz 's vast house in Harley Street with the Garfield Centre towards which she herself now drove . |
| 6 | She had a sense of the dramatic . ’ |
| 7 | She had a sense of having been betrayed , cheated , deceived . |
| 8 | But she was not austere : she had a sense of fun , and was a woman of wide culture , at home in several European countries and the USA . |
| 9 | And she had a sense of being got rid of . |
| 10 | She had a sense that Charlie was about to get paternal with her , and the prospect was an embarrassing one ; but at least this would be better than his anger . |
| 11 | As they wound along the twisting tarmac , she had a sense that this was what the island was all about . |