Example sentences of "[verb] to her that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to her that the way she was holding Peach was the way a woman holds a baby and she lowered him gently into her lap . |
| 2 | Given the arrival of his fiancée , it occurred to her that the question was inappropriately personal . |
| 3 | It occurred to her that the depths of her pain were tinged by guilt . |
| 4 | Much as she liked him , much as she would miss his companionship , it seemed to her that the relationship had reached a dead end . |
| 5 | It seemed to her that the world could not possibly contain a more boring room . |
| 6 | It seemed to her that the long war had been a form of imprisonment for the spirit as well as the body . |
| 7 | She could have added : ‘ least of all with you ’ and it seemed to her that the words , unspoken , hung on the air between them . |
| 8 | It seemed to her that the only thing worth doing was to walk deep into those glades , far away from everything ; she thought of lingering by the streams and watching the sunlight move , in silence . |
| 9 | It seemed to her that the reason the Jews of Cork got on so well with their Catholic neighbours was because they were actually poles apart . |
| 10 | But it seemed to her that the women in the East End never got away from it : everlasting wet linen in the kitchen , smells of flat-irons and scorching , burns on their knuckles and puffy skin up to their elbows . |
| 11 | Nenna had no more than an animal 's sense of direction and distance , but it seemed to her that the right thing to do would be to try to reach the City , then , once she got to Blackfriars , she knew where the river was , and though that would be Lambeth Reach or King 's Reach , a long way downstream of the boats , still , once she had got to the river she would be on the way home . |
| 12 | When she peered through her fingers it seemed to her that the butterfly was quite happy in its warm cage : not a flutter from its four wings as she proceeded carefully along the box-edged paths that led back to the green garden door . |
| 13 | As she knelt there , water soaking into her furs , it seemed to her that the masks were singing to her . |
| 14 | Obviously it was necessary to talk over arrangements , though it seemed to her that the offers of help were a little excessive . |
| 15 | She saw the little procession of horsemen climbing the ramp towards Parfois , and crept up through the trees to see more closely , for it seemed to her that the middle figure of the five was bound , and one of those who rode beside him led his horse by the bridle . |
| 16 | McLeish decided that it was probably not the moment to suggest to her that the real reason any civil servant disliked lobbyists must be that the chaps were paid to make sure Ministers got a view other than the Departmental one . |
| 17 | It had simply never occurred to her that the young woman in a ski jacket with faded jeans tucked into her boots might actually be Hugo Varna 's daughter ! |
| 18 | It had not occurred to her that the snooping might have been on a more professional level . |
| 19 | She sat for the evening with a strange man 's hand inside her stocking , and yet it had not occurred to her that the laws of a disorganized school trip were not the laws of nature or of justice . |
| 20 | But when she had made her reckless decision to sail with him , it had never occurred to her that the smooth , sunny Mediterranean of holiday brochures might have a darker , more dangerous face . |
| 21 | It had not occurred to her that the newspapers might still be on the trail of Puddephat 's widow . |
| 22 | It had not occurred to her that the car would be vulnerable while parked in Bridget 's front garden . |
| 23 | ‘ Nevertheless , I have come to the conclusion , after much hesitation , that Mr. O'Brien did falsely represent to her that the charge was limited to secure £60,000 and that it would be released in a short time , when the £60,000 had been raised by remortgage . |
| 24 | ‘ I did say to her that the man Andy should see was Giles Hawick himself . |