Example sentences of "that [pers pn] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman who is generally satisfied will organize her days so that she is not overcome by the many demands on her time . |
| 2 | Chung gains too from the fact that she is not balanced quite so closely as Perlman . |
| 3 | She may know that she is not going to recover from the blow of widowhood any sooner than other women do , many of whom at least have a large legacy of happy memories upon which to draw in the years ahead of them . |
| 4 | ‘ Even though you know that she is not coming back , it does n't stop you missing her every day . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Well , we 'll get the cars to keep an eye out for her , but I have an awful feeling in my gut that she is not coming home . |
| 6 | The Queen has been told that she is not to summon anybody to form a Government until she has heard who the new Leader is . |
| 7 | The fault element in rape is that the man knows that the woman is not consenting or ‘ could not care less ’ that she is not consenting . |
| 8 | It may be difficult in certain circumstances for the man to understand that she is not consenting . ’ |
| 9 | A hostess in tight teeshirt and jeans lingers only long enough to assure Kate discreetly with her eyes that she is not poaching on her territory , smiles velvetly at Jeremy , brings them their drinks . |
| 10 | That she is not taken seriously as a poet seems to be the greater problem . |
| 11 | She suspects that she may get rather more exposure to outpatient clinics and theatre sessions than her medical colleagues because they get bogged down on the wards with tasks that she is not allowed to do . |
| 12 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 13 | Check , though , that she is n't sleeping in an awkward position , which may sometimes cause the problem . |
| 14 | Except for the fact that she is n't meant to be Jewish , we are in stock Jewish-mother territory . |
| 15 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 16 | That she is probably dealing with a barren original only emphasizes the problems of conventionality . |
| 17 | Her clutched hands are locked together showing that she is completely cut off in her emotions towards her husband . |
| 18 | Although some poems , especially her essays , suggest that she is also looking toward a wider audience , in the vast majority of poems she speaks specifically to some woman she knows . |
| 19 | The procedure continues for weeks with the man unable to tell the girl that he still buys the ticket even though he no longer has a car , and the girl not wanting to hurt his feelings by revealing that she is just taking a short cut , walking through the car park on her way to W. H. Smith . |
| 20 | Nell dies in mid-winter , far from home ; but we all know that she is homeward bound and will see another and better spring : |
| 21 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 22 | For it can not be emphasized too much that the transsexual , even after conversion surgery , continually seeks reassurance that she is now accepted in her new sex role . |
| 23 | Susan : Mrs C is prejudiced herself because , I mean , she said to Karen that she is only getting bad because she hangs around with too many black people . |
| 24 | We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity . |
| 25 | This is usually a sure sign that she is about to quote from the collected works of Old Mother Walsh , and this , indeed , is what she did : ‘ Shoes are remarkable , warm , bright and neat . |
| 26 | A general characteristic of the feminine psyche is to seek confirmation and approval from others , and when these are not forthcoming , it is tempting for the woman to think that she is totally mistaken . |
| 27 | The fact that she is basically thinking in terms of the resurrected , cosmic Christ again tends to minimize any distinction which there might be between a woman and Christ in regard to sex . |
| 28 | Passive suffering , where the woman does n't move around , scream or swear , may mean that she is too focused on the pain , with no distractions to help her . |
| 29 | She is back in the house that she is always remembering and talking endlessly about , she has her precious Miss Cress . |
| 30 | What happens when the unconscious child in Joan Halton finds yet again that she is always losing out , this time to her husband , to his old car on which he dotes or to his mother who is still demanding so much of his time and attention , and that he appears to be forgetting that he is now married and has new first loyalties ? |