Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [conj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The applicant did not wish to retire when she reached the age of 60 and that requirement was waived by the authority until shortly after her sixty-second birthday , when she was dismissed . |
| 2 | She would have spat if she had the spit to spare in her dry carcass . |
| 3 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 4 | If he had lived , her hard-pressed mother might not have insisted that she accept the advances of the heir to the Sherman tobacco fortune . |
| 5 | Flinging her head upwards , she stared at Leo , and several seconds must have elapsed before she had the gumption to grasp his extended hand . |
| 6 | Robin-Anne nodded , but was too busy eating to take much notice of her brother , though she did manage to mumble that she thought the diet soda was really kind of good . |
| 7 | But what would Gemma want to eat if she had the choice ? |
| 8 | For example , it could appear that She washed , and dressed the baby means that she washed ( herself ) and then she dressed the baby , while She washed and dressed the baby would seem to suggest that she washed the baby and also dressed it . |
| 9 | Knowing Candy would only continue to probe till she got the truth , Rory gave in gracefully . |