Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has revealed that another priest tried to pressure her into getting Jennifer adopted . |
| 2 | If the physiotherapist sets the correct goals , they will be achieved , but she has to recognize that each patient reacts differently to rehabilitation , depending on a variety of factors . |
| 3 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 4 | She 'd dented that enormous ego of his , had n't she ? |
| 5 | She came to realise that any woman who aimed to share his life would always have to be self-sufficient and able to cope with the day-to-day problems of life without bothering him with the minutiae of domestic detail . |
| 6 | She seemed to realise that this comment was not exactly reassuring and hastened to make amends . |
| 7 | How could she have felt that hot surge of excitement when he kissed her , touched her ? |
| 8 | Thérèse because she was indifferent to the acid jab of nettles , Léonie because she liked to see that little corner of the grounds turned untidy and wild , the gateposts swarming with weeds and grass in their crevices , clumps of Michaelmas daisies . |
| 9 | She did n't even know his name but she did know that this time she was IN LOVE ! |
| 10 | The following evening ( that was three expensive dinners in a row , which made a contrast to Georg 's grudging once a month treat at the cinema ) she had insisted that this time they talk about him . |
| 11 | But she knew she had seen that covetous look in his eyes as he had watched her . |
| 12 | She was pushing a piece of toast around on her plate , wondering if she had imagined that arctic expression on his face just now , when she heard the door open . |
| 13 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 14 | He was the man she had prayed that one day she would marry . |
| 15 | And yet she had felt something , some quick negative flicker at his casual reference to the promise he had made Emily , just as she had felt that uneasy dart inside her when she had caught sight of them earlier , coming up the path together . |
| 16 | Maybe she would take up her art again , and when she had polished that rusty talent perhaps volunteer to teach handicapped children . |
| 17 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 18 | But she had to admit that this child was of a different type altogether : her voice , her manner suggested a refined type of background . |
| 19 | The same glorious sensation as she had felt that instant when , poised on the highest diving-board , she had known that this time she really did dare , that moment of poise and thrill before the free-fall . |
| 20 | It was if she wanted to forget that this part of her life ever existed . ’ |