Example sentences of "that she [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 When she complains of the drudgery of studying sound changes , Bernard hints that she does not really have what it takes to be a scholar .
2 This means that they must on no account fail us , just as , to take a different level , the woman whose beauty we find captivating must be seen to maintain her attractions : so much so that we ‘ will ’ her to display a beauty that she does not always possess , or perhaps has never possessed .
3 It was n't her reaction that I was wary of , it 's just that she does n't even know how she made her children so how was she going to understand what I was trying to tell her !
4 I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ?
5 It 's the sort of question that a man and a woman might very well give different answers to , but it seems to me that there are different sorts of things that erm some women tend to notice , different sorts of ideas that tend to assume prominence in the imaginations of some women , and erm to that extent I think that George Eliot 's sympathy for other people , including people that she does n't actually agree with , is perhaps a characteristic that one might tend to find more in a women novelist than in a male novelist , although I 'm not sure that one can be absolutely dogmatic and say that one would never find a male novelist who could write the way that George Eliot does .
6 Eva hastened to explain that she did not normally move in such exalted circles .
7 She always wanted to write and only regrets that she did not sooner have the courage to devote herself to it .
8 And , so utterly immersed was she in this strange blue and green land that was not feeling strange any more , that she did not even notice that she was weighing sorcery against steel chains and seriously considering the likely outcome .
9 She had been spared telephoning after all — she realized that she did not even know whom to ask for at the hotel in Bandol .
10 There was an expression in his blue eyes that she did not completely understand , ant so she lifted one eyebrow .
11 ‘ Servant ’ seemed too coarse a word for such a refined creature and indeed she made it plain that she did not usually inhabit a servants ' hall .
12 She told me that she did not quite know where to begin .
13 That , and the discovery that she could not bear a man near her in the early days after the rape ; so she had feigned an illness , explained as the consequence of her breaking her engagement with Havvie , which , of course , had caused an immense furore inside and outside of society , and Mama and Papa had put off their visit to England , and sent her loving letters , for she had written that she had discovered that she did not really love Havvie at all , had merely been beglamoured by his appearance , name and title .
14 The truth was that she did not especially wish to learn .
15 Robbie went to see her friend off at the station , and that was when Caro had mentioned , oh , so casually , that she did not actually live alone .
16 Hurt that he could think she would do that pest of an interview through Lubor , she was certain then that she did n't even like Ven Gajdusek — much less was she attracted to him !
17 How could she explain to this man that she did n't even know their full names , let alone their addresses or telephone numbers ?
18 It occurred to her that she did n't even know that it was Veronica 's house ; why on earth had n't she checked Directory Enquiries to make sure she was still living there ?
19 As far as Simon knew , the late-night callouts were an occasional part of the job that she did n't much like , but said that she felt she had to do .
20 Anne realized that she did n't really want to leave she 'd just wanted a happier home .
21 It was so wonderful that she did n't really want to get out of the car .
22 Yet , as she watched him , perched as lithe as a cat on the prow , leaning back out over the waves to balance the little craft , his splendid chest scattered with little beads of water , Ronni was aware that she did n't really mean it .
23 But Edward went on to tell her that she did n't really care for the children , she only liked to think she did , to make herself feel good .
24 And what confused her was the fact that she did n't really feel angry .
25 She was n't afraid of the dark ; but now , after a few nights here , she was beginning to admit to herself that she did n't really like such a depth of blackness .
26 Kate was in such a state that she did n't really know what she was asking .
27 So erm , I think when she said she did n't know , er , she was telling the truth , and when asked her if she could explain to me , the very point that just asked me , again she said she , she could n't explain , she had , she she 'd agreed , agreed it was a paradox , that she did n't really know erm , why the book had never been published , or until nineteen sixty seven erm note , note that it , that it had been taken .
28 Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home .
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