Example sentences of "that she [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in very complex care situations that she particularly expressed feelings of over-involvement . |
| 2 | I decided that she either had friends or family nearby or was pacing the streets in desperation ! |
| 3 | He took her virginity with care , giving her so much ecstatic joy in the taking that she scarcely noticed pain . |
| 4 | He realized that she already had fans , but the others were almost certainly complete wankers . |
| 5 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 6 | She was so absorbed in the task that she hardly noticed time passing . |
| 7 | She told me that she actually attacked Huston and hit him because of his treatment of Monty : |
| 8 | Possible inferences might be that the teacher was angry , that she actually hit Mary , that she hurt her , or that she swung her hand and missed . |
| 9 | In place of these two extremes , we need to be like Mary , Jesus ' mother , who received the word within her , so that she actually gave birth to the Word of God . |
| 10 | ‘ Not that she ever dried Beuno 's socks , but you see what I mean . ’ |
| 11 | But her energy gnawed at her so ; her nature was so strong and vigorous , and her loneliness and boredom so intense , that she almost ate visitors up , so that they seldom went again . |
| 12 | Julia was so interested in the cross-examination that she almost disobeyed Anthony 's instructions to go back to the Campo San Maurizio for lunch and spend the afternoon in bed , but , remembering how weak she had felt the previous evening , she did as he said . |
| 13 | He kissed her with suppressed violence , then let her go so abruptly that she almost lost balance . |
| 14 | Her passion leapt to meet his , and she clung to him , her mouth dragging on his in a meeting so inflamed that she almost lost consciousness as dizziness swept through her brain . |
| 15 | She had never liked Mona Rigby — who would n't have been chosen twice for the coveted role if the staff had known as much about her as did Brenda — and she was n't sure that she really liked Miss Foley . |
| 16 | Ms. Quant confided to delegates that she often jollied Plunkett ( her husband , entrepreneur Alexander Plunkett-Green ) into helping her dye her pubic hair some fantasy shade , or to trim it to a neat heart shape . |
| 17 | She told Harriet that she often met King Edward VII in her dreams and thought of him as a kind of uncle . |
| 18 | But Kay has admitted ( in her charming Ivy and Stevie ) that she sometimes had difficulty in deciphering her notes , and that Ivy was often mysterious and contradictious . |
| 19 | She was single-minded and uncompromising in her work , so that she sometimes provoked exasperation among her colleagues , a feeling immediately tempered by the admiration they felt . |
| 20 | Margaret was pleased to see that she now had Reg 's full attention . |
| 21 | He remembered Gina 's summing-up of Eleanor 's character and told her that she only saw people as shits because she was n't woman enough to hold a man . |
| 22 | When she said that she only wanted £10 for looking after little Doris , and that her mother could come and visit as often as she liked , a deal was struck and a tearful Evalina waved goodbye to Mrs Stanfield and her small daughter . |
| 23 | As she approached , Clara thought that she still looked cross , but she could see that whatever annoyance was there was not directed against herself . |
| 24 | When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap . |
| 25 | Maureen was upset when she heard that his leave was postponed but the rest of the family thought it better for their mother that she still had Joe 's leave to look forward to , so Maureen said nothing . |
| 26 | And when Charles discovered that she too enjoyed painting watercolours they grew even closer . ’ |
| 27 | Instead , she let him know that she never took guys home on a first date . |