Example sentences of "that [vb past] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Something was beginning to happen to her , an excitement , a wildness that caught her by the throat .
2 Ariel , watching , wished that she too could defy the bonds that tied her to the earth , and her blood leapt with Dulé 's ascent .
3 THE gritty determination that took her to the top as Coronation Street 's Ivy has always been there .
4 She came off the slope at an uncontrollable pace that took her across the clearing and into the trees .
5 Margaret Hughes wept in the backseat of the police car that took her from the court to prison .
6 She felt strangely restless , wanting to throw herself into every small task that awaited her throughout the house .
7 And yet he was immaculate , his hair groomed and beaded with rubies ; his tunic an achingly sweet shade of pink that was almost white , edged with black ; his trousers of a blue that reminded her of the summer skies of her youth .
8 Polly pushed her arms through the webbing straps that reminded her of the restrainer her eldest sister used to stop her adventurous offspring clambering out of their prams and buggies .
9 Again she heard the boys ' warm approving voices , voices that left her outside the heat of that dangerous moment .
10 The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived .
11 As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it .
12 That was another thing that annoyed her about the child : she always had to find something nice to say .
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