Example sentences of "[that] she [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that happened , however , there would at least be the compensation that she became the first of them to have her power formally acknowledged with the title of regent . |
| 2 | And it was then , in that moment , that she felt the first twitch of anxiety . |
| 3 | He liked her very much , and I was sure that she felt the same about him . |
| 4 | ‘ So much so that she told the entire matinée audience of a Noel Coward play ! |
| 5 | Peggy saw with some dismay that she wore the distant smile of a woman reviewing her late husband 's insurance position . |
| 6 | It was as they stepped from the dodgem stand and Rachel turned from helping Belinda down the steep steps to the grass that she saw the little group of her family watching them . |
| 7 | It was only when she got home and looked in the hall mirror that she saw the enormous dark red love bite on her neck . |
| 8 | will never be allowed to forget that she cut the Social Services budget by one tenth . |
| 9 | Claudia was so outraged that she had the greatest difficulty in keeping the rage she felt enough under control for her to be coherent . |
| 10 | The artist … explained that the printer 's contribution in creating the official lithograph was merely mechanical , that his sole contribution was to reproduce the original as closely as possible , and that she had the absolute right of approval of all aspects of the final prints . |
| 11 | And when he met and married Nessie Monaghan , he was immediately aware , like any true artist , that she had the better natural voice and he contented himself with being a better-than-ordinary pub tenor and a hit at every christening , wedding and funeral he attended . |
| 12 | Reading a letter from Miss Joan Rix in the EADT last week , I find that she had the same thoughts as myself . |
| 13 | That she had the same troubles , worries and hopes that he had . |
| 14 | The farmer put Tess next to the threshing-machine , so that she had the hardest and most tiring job of all . |
| 15 | Not that she had the slightest prejudice against blacks . |
| 16 | When asked about statistical material , the teacher stated that she had the national statistics . |
| 17 | ‘ And your aunt tells me that she spent the whole evening in her room . |
| 18 | It seemed to Sam that she looked the tall girl over very intently during those few moments , but then most people looked twice at Evelyn , not because she was especially beautiful but she had a kind of composure unusual in a street girl . |
| 19 | So it is no accident that the teachers are black ; or that she enlisted the active help of Dance Theatre of Harlem . |
| 20 | She never told her husband about her relationship with Phillip Levy and it was only after both men had died that she made the difficult decision to confess her secret life . |
| 21 | A resounding yes from all but Kat , who contrarily stated that she thought the direct , uncensored attack of rap is beautiful and even quoted NWA as an example of this . |
| 22 | Dexter guessed that she thought the same as him but was keen to learn as much as she could from Blufton about Nicola and her motives for giving these ‘ facts ’ to the chairman of TVL . |
| 23 | It is related that Annia Galeria Faustina , the wife of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( 121–180 ) , was so desperate to become pregnant that she drank the warm blood of a dead gladiator . |
| 24 | Shelley had been watching them , amused at this family banter , knowing that it was no business of hers to stay , now that she knew the old man was all right . |
| 25 | She would be more on her guard in future , however , now that she knew the unpredictable nature of the old lady 's malevolence . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , if I am , Mrs Hamilton certainly must be , ’ she told him seriously , not wanting either of the doctors to see that she did indeed find the responsibility she was about to take on quite daunting now that she knew the full scope of Faye Hamilton 's problems . |
| 27 | I 'll take you there and I 'm sure someone will bring you back ’ She did n't want to say she was sure Beuno would bring her back because that would make it evident again that she knew the miserable secrets of Betty 's heart . |
| 28 | The fact that she addressed the latter formally , as lady Anne , was the one concession to rank and status — and even that was frequently disregarded when the girls were alone … |
| 29 | Horrified … and yet strangely relieved and satisfied , and tingling with primitive energy and release , she turned on her heel and threaded so nimbly through the crowded guests that she reached the French doors that opened on to the side veranda before Greg had recovered enough to take a single step . |
| 30 | It was from Jimmy that she heard the worrying news that Vasey 's had recently been bought out some months ago by the giant Massingham Engineering . |