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The phrase "and she directed that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone has given specific instructions or orders regarding a particular action or decision.
Example: "The committee reviewed the proposal, and she directed that further research be conducted before making a final decision."
Alternatives: "and she instructed that" or "and she ordered that".
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During Judge Anderson's 2008 race for Surrogate's Court, which handles wills, estates and adoption matters, Mr. Rubenstein twice gave money to her — $100,000 on one occasion and $150,000 on another — and she directed that money to her campaign war chest.
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Then she directed that same high-wattage friendliness my way, instantly perking me up.
For more than 30 years she taught French at Liverpool University where her kindness was legendary – some of her students kept in touch with her to the end of her long life – and she directed student productions that attracted audiences from all over the region.
She directed that at least half the income of the foundation should go to Duke University.
"I'm still a bad girl," she tells Mr. Simon in Budapest, where she was filming "In the Land of Blood and Honey," a dark love story she wrote and directed that is set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s.
And at whom was she directing that comment "start acting like a mother"?
His interests were not directed that way.
Wait -- your mother directed that movie!
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But I always forget that you directed that movie.
The report directed that problems be fixed by Dec. 5.
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