Example sentences of "that she [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She needed a little experience here in the provinces first , of course , just enough to give her finesse and confidence , not too much so that she became jaded , and then … |
| 2 | He took such a long time to answer that she became convinced that he had n't . |
| 3 | A one-time Italian band singer , Donald Forcillo-Rose , came out of the woodwork in October 1980 to claim that he and June were lovers when she was just sixteen and he was twenty-six , and that she became pregnant . |
| 4 | Another woman returning from feira ( market ) tells you that she became dizzy , confused and ‘ nervous ’ at the price of meat . |
| 5 | So vivid was her imagination that she became adept at having conversations with him in which he was always making her laugh , always being to her the sort of person she longed to have as a life companion . |
| 6 | It was when the novelty had worn off , when the days grew short , when earlier and earlier the curtains were drawn against the dark silence outside , that she became restless . |
| 7 | She was due for a snack at three , followed by another blood-sugar reading , and Belinda had planned to spend the time until then reading up on some aspects of prenatal care that she felt hazy on . |
| 8 | Modesty forbade her to undress properly and get into her nightshift in front of so many people , though it was so hot below decks that she felt obliged to take off her top skirt and her blouse . |
| 9 | Jaq sincerely hoped that she felt obliged to make such a demand by her own code of honour rather than that the demand was due to an abrupt , intrinsic sense of genuine worthlessness . |
| 10 | She was very relieved , so much so that she felt weak . |
| 11 | Abruptly , the sensations she 'd felt that night in St Lucia , when they 'd come so close to making love , engulfed her with such force that she felt weak at the knees . |
| 12 | This was so obviously Ace 's bathroom that she felt uncomfortable . |
| 13 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 14 | A YOUNG mother told a court today that she felt dirty and humiliated after a prison strip search . |
| 15 | He paused and she pushed his hands away from her with a violence that she felt right through her . |
| 16 | She shuddered , half laughing , the joy reaching her heart and enveloping her in such a wave of pleasure that she felt weak-kneed . |
| 17 | Her heart was pounding so rapidly that she felt sure he must hear it . |
| 18 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 19 | Her eyes flew wide open , the voice in her mind so clear that she felt sure he must have heard it too . |
| 20 | Before she realised it , she was in his arms again , and this time he kissed her fiercely , a long kiss that left her feeling faint and breathless , and caused her heart to beat so fast that she felt sure he must be conscious of its wild throbbing . |
| 21 | She would n't admit that she felt nervous . |
| 22 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 23 | Phoebe loathed housekeeping so profoundly that she felt guilty about it and always did it with a disciplined and joyless rigour , expecting everyone else to do so too . |
| 24 | For it turned out that she felt protective towards the actor George Felix and preferred to keep their encounter private . |
| 25 | ‘ I make you dislike me ? ’ he questioned , and seemed to be so genuinely distressed at that thought that she felt duty-bound to quickly reassure him . |
| 26 | Miss Honey asked , waiting for the ‘ yes ’ that she felt certain was going to come from Matilda . |
| 27 | He had a thick crop of wiry hair the colour of good toffee , and heavy eyelashes many shades darker , as lavish as on a Jersey cow , fringing golden-brown eyes of such steady and limpid sincerity that she felt certain he could not possibly be just what he seemed . |
| 28 | Once Ann had been helped to understand that she felt insecure in her relationship with Charles as a result of earlier experiences , she and Charles were then able to commit themselves to a contractual approach to problem-solving . |
| 29 | The distaste she experienced was so intense that she felt dizzy for several seconds . |
| 30 | The tension was such that she felt sudden relief as they went out of the small room into the air . |