Example sentences of "that she [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice she made the kind of excuse that people made at cocktail parties when they wanted to extricate themselves from a conversation and move on to talk with another guest , but five minutes later he was back at her side again , bending closer and closer towards her so that she became unpleasantly aware of the stale , alcoholic aura of his breath . |
| 2 | Slowly Sara began to see why it was that her mother was so proud of her nationality , for there was something about these simple Portuguese mariners that inspired confidence and trust , so that she became increasingly sure that her decision to leave home and marry João had been well judged . |
| 3 | All except one , who had worked herself up into such a frenzy of excitement , that she became quite terrified and galloped straight into a fence — which fortunately was made of pine rails that collapsed harmlessly under the assault . |
| 4 | His fingers brushed lightly across her lips , tracing a path of flame that she felt even in the midst of her anger . |
| 5 | There was something so grand about this place that she felt momentarily detached from her usual character . |
| 6 | Her sympathy for Mrs Wallington helped her to ignore the realisation that it was an enormous relief to be away from Anthony and with people who produced an atmosphere of such calm and ease that she felt immediately at home with them . |
| 7 | The sound of the door opening and of voices as people came out on to the deck shocked her so much that she felt physically sick . |
| 8 | She wanted to see him so badly that she felt physically bereft . |
| 9 | She could not escape the thought that she felt exactly as if she were a child being taken out for a treat by a kindly uncle . |
| 10 | Maybe it was because today so closely mirrored that subconscious yearning for escape she 'd experienced , gazing at the yachts outside Roman 's office , that she felt slightly disorientated . |
| 11 | And for once Lisa managed to suppress her irritation and bit back the impatient demand for an answer that she felt instinctively rising to her lips . |
| 12 | The night before her operation Mrs Fellows was prescribed a sedative to help her relax and sleep because she admitted that she felt very nervous . |
| 13 | She was surprised to find that she felt only contempt . |
| 14 | She suddenly realized , as she went back to her seat , that she felt more cheerful . |
| 15 | The son of a Jat farmer outside Delhi , by the age of thirteen she was already refusing to work in the fields , saying that she felt more like a woman than a man . |
| 16 | He did not understand that she felt so shrivelled and drained , and all thought of sexual relations was abhorrent to her — she was not a fit partner , and shrank from his attentions with loathing . |
| 17 | ‘ Constanza says that she felt so much for her mother , even if she did not understand then what it meant to her to be cut off from Italy , from Rome . |
| 18 | How ironic that she felt so alive in Piers 's company , the one man who could shrug her off as carelessly as he would shrug off a few flecks of sand from his T-shirt . |
| 19 | Leonora made her bed then collected her cup and started downstairs , deeply thankful that she felt so much better than the day before . |
| 20 | Indeed , why it was that she felt so breathless now . |
| 21 | Tamar laughed with her and realised that she felt less depressed about the forthcoming confinement after this little spell of humour . |
| 22 | ‘ I expect you would be a good judge of that , ’ she snapped , hating the fact that she felt less annoyed at finding him in the room than at the thought of all the other women he was comparing her to . |
| 23 | Caroline 's problem was that she felt quite unable to make decisions . |
| 24 | This time Roman said nothing , just observed her with a brooding air of deliberation , for so long that she felt quite faint with nervous tension . |
| 25 | Barbara Coleman was saying something about the former beauty of the garden and its decline , but wondering aloud whether it was fair to say decline because what was happening was that the garden was returning to nature , and further wondering whether it was really and truly nature because some of the plants were not native to the region and did not entirely belong there , and then wondering whether that was not a strange remark to come from one who had made Provence her home for so long that she felt quite a part of the landscape . |
| 26 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 27 | She caught herself smiling ridiculously when he 'd gone , and realised that she felt quite cheered that he had n't simply given her a lift to Prague , seen her safely installed in the spare bedroom , and then forgotten about her . |
| 28 | For a moment more his eyes held hers , then , as if paying homage to her beauty , and with such elegance of manner that she felt quite spellbound , he took hold of one of her hands , and raised it to his lips . |
| 29 | Seething , Paige followed suit , aggrieved that she felt much better for the thickness of the Aran . |
| 30 | Apart from the fact that she felt extremely foolish , her fears were now actually affecting her life and she felt that soon she would not be able to leave the house at all . |