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Example sentences for "she determined"

  • She determined to put a few leading questions.

  • She determined to begin making notes that very evening, and asked suddenly: "Has anyone seen my stylo?

  • She determined to cross to the far side of the road, chose what seemed to be the smoothest passage, and swerved violently to the right.

  • No, she would place it in his hands, she determined finally, still unread; and in so doing she would not only defeat the purpose of the sender, but would prove to him as well as to herself that her faith in him was as unalterable as her love.

  • She determined to throw herself upon his indulgence, confess her weakness and beg him to pay the bill for her.

  • Her heart ached at the words, and although now reduced to coming and going in her Cape cart, she determined to give them every alternate week when she was not at Use.

  • She determined to make no change whatever in the course of her daily life, and she was afraid the deputies might not find things to their liking and be disappointed.

  • Thinking of a way of spending the money which would have pleased her friend, she determined to apply it to the building of her Rest-House.

  • Godwin says that, "influenced by ideas of decorum, which certainly ought to have no place, at least in cases of danger, she determined to have a woman to attend her in the capacity of midwife.

  • She determined to make herself at least Fanny's intellectual equal.

  • She determined at all hazards to free her sister from a man who was slowly but surely killing her, and she knew she was right in her determination.

  • She determined to go and see Mary Erskine after dinner, again, as the visit would at least be a token of kindness and sympathy, even if it should do no other good.

  • She determined, after a great deal of consideration and inquiry, to lay out this money in buying four shares in the Franconia bridge.

  • So she determined to plant her potatoes instead of roasting them.

  • Without hesitating a moment Anna brought the vases, and as she did not know the exact time when her grandmother would arrive, she determined to fill them with fresh flowers every morning.

  • But at last, anxious to know his real opinion, she determined to sound him.

  • And now, with a growing hatred toward 'Lena, she determined to increase her vigilance, feeling sure she should discover something if she only continued faithful to the end.

  • She determined to have recourse to the bell, and, with the averted eyes of disdain, resolutely moved towards the chimney.

  • At this news she requested that some tea should be brought to her room--she determined not to go to dinner.

  • IV She determined not to go to dinner--she wished for that day not to meet him again.

  • On this occasion she had at first the air of depending upon it mainly to produce an effect upon Laura; then, after an instant's reflection, she determined to arrive at her result in another way.

  • Finding herself inferior to the pretty dolls who played on the piano and made themselves agreeable by singing ballads, she determined to be a musician.

  • She determined therefore to behave with generosity and give the cold shoulder to Calyste; but at the same instant there came into her soul that quiver of joy which vibrates in the heart of every woman when she finds herself beloved.

  • She had counted on Madame de Rochefide's failure in health, and expected some day to see herself marquise; finding her castles in the air thus scattered, she determined to revenge herself on husband and wife.

  • But having reached this stage without discovery or suspicion, she determined to make another effort towards concealment; and a bright idea struck her as a means of securing it.

  • Anyhow," she determined, brightly, "this settles matters so far as I am concerned.

  • I shall send him back the greater portion of the money he lent me," she determined at another moment.

  • She determined to escape while there was yet time.

  • Therefore, she determined, before she yielded to his request, to learn from his servant whether or not he suspected her of what she had done.

  • Sure that he would not fail her, she determined to appeal to him at once.

  • After spending some time in perplexity and distress, she determined to apply to the patriarch, who was the head of the Church, and, of course, the highest ecclesiastical dignitary in the empire.

  • She determined to send an embassage to Peter to deprecate his displeasure, and, if possible, effect a reconciliation.

  • She determined now, accordingly, to confide to him the execution of her scheme for the assassination of Peter.

  • She hated Markworth: she longed for revenge, she determined to be even with him; and yet at the same time, the greatest pang she could have suffered would have been to see him ruined, as she intended him to be by herself.

  • She determined to send at once to her lawyers in London, and calling in the aid of the police to track the fugitive.

  • It must be Mister Tom," she determined, "that dark ugly man that went in with Mistress Hartshorne could not be him; but he is a very naughty fellow to be staring at a young lady like that.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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