Example sentences of "[noun sg] [that] she [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense , the definition of standards and routines can be seen as a defensive process : the housewife is defending herself against the allegation that she does nothing at all . |
| 2 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 3 | Sure enough , Marc quirked his brow and asked , ‘ You intend to stick to this story that she knew nothing of your financial prospects ? ’ |
| 4 | In the case of Letitia , who had married an Irish baronet , Sir Thomas Wyse , her refusal to accept the Emperor 's decision that she confine herself to being Lady Wyse , dropping all imperial pretensions by calling herself Bonaparte Wyse , led to her being expelled from France . |
| 5 | But his insistence that she leave everything to him had only served to strengthen her determination to be independent . |
| 6 | It was only the other day that she showed them to me . |
| 7 | And she once again had the strong , peculiar feeling that was coming over her more and more often : the feeling that she had nothing in common with those two-legged creatures with a head on their shoulders and a mouth in their face . |
| 8 | Earthy type , she used to say , but it was all talk with him and he never gave her any trouble that she told me about . ’ |
| 9 | Mrs Barrie-Brown left Fresden to the Roman Research Trust , specifying in the codicil to her will that she wanted it to be turned into an educational centre . |
| 10 | She went with Breeze to call upon Mrs Rossitter , who was so charmed with her voice that she engaged her on the spot to read to her for two hours every day . |
| 11 | Clive Kemp 's suggestion that she join him on a cruise across the Mediterranean had seemed the perfect antidote to a long hard winter , a series of temping jobs which had been more demanding than usual , and the unpleasantness of her break-up with Giles . |
| 12 | Joe said , ‘ If you 've been billed , then you 've also had a statement giving the number that she called you from . ’ |
| 13 | Her with the withered paralyzed arm that she bashed you with because she could n't clear it and you blooming well could . |
| 14 | He could tell by the look on her face that she counted herself among them . |
| 15 | He loved her humour and the fact that she treated him as an equal , although their business was always conducted on the most formal lines . |
| 16 | Alexander Vass , the shipping magnate who had recently taken over the local firm of G.W. Fashions after a bitter struggle with his rivals , she had expected to be a man well into middle age , in spite of the fact that she knew him to be single . |
| 17 | Ronni smiled a small smile , grateful that the subject of Jeff and Silvia had been left behind , and enjoying , for once , the fact that she had him at a disadvantage . |
| 18 | But whatever the case , and despite the fact that she bores me to stupefaction , I ca n't be unkind to her . ’ |
| 19 | Instead she stood with her eyes closed , lest they betrayed the fact that she found him to be disturbing to her . |