Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , where she keeps him prisoner . ’ |
| 2 | During this period she herds stray animals to her seashore cave , where she feeds them during the cold months . |
| 3 | Matt put in , ‘ Departing guests pay their accounts at the office , where she gives them a receipt , and Ling takes his list of commodities to her — things to be ordered for the kitchen , you understand . ’ |
| 4 | In the bedroom , Cati hugged herself and preened , ‘ Rosa , Rosa , Rosa , she 's got him where she wants him . ’ |
| 5 | With a karate chop to the nape of my neck , my masseuse gets me back where she wants me . |
| 6 | She 's got you where she wants you , you silly cunt , he thought , watching as Carol slipped one hand onto Plummer 's thigh , stroking gently as he ate . |
| 7 | Although every parent has the right in the fullness of time to decide whether he or she feels they can cope with their child , they can not be placed in a position of absolute power over its life if they have an extremely misleading impression of the form that that child 's life might take . |
| 8 | Overreacting with shock and dismay when the child first comes out with a four-letter word is the best way to ensure he or she uses it again and again . |
| 9 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 10 | As a first step , he or she identifies it by using a word-meaning which is conventionally taken to match the nature of the perception . |
| 11 | If he or she asks you to pick something up , assert yourself or defuse the situation but do n't bend down . |
| 12 | If necessary , he or she will advise on the detailed layout of the cash books , and suggest that he or she reviews them occasionally to ensure their adequacy . |
| 13 | Also , if you catch the doc in a bad mood and he or she hears you taking the mickey , there are lots of particularly nasty cures which can be prescribed , such as : |
| 14 | When he or she does we ask for details like what club they are in and what experience they 've had ’ . |
| 15 | She either involuntarily submits in this role ( as does the woman on the pages of Penthouse ) or she does it voluntarily , like de Sade 's Justine or ‘ O ’ in the pornographic novel by Pauline Reage , The Story of O . |
| 16 | Parents sometimes feel embarrassed about describing their child 's problems in front of the child , so asking the child first why he or she thinks they have come to the clinic can open the discussion . |
| 17 | But anyway we 've grasped the point that the general elections it 's really down to the prime minister to er er to ask for the dissolution of parliament and the prime minister will normally a will normally ask for the dissolution of parliament when he or she thinks they 've got the best chance of winning . |
| 18 | How he or she handles it is vital . |
| 19 | How he or she handles it is vital . |
| 20 | Have you stopped to consider how much he or she costs you ? |
| 21 | Ca n't remember whether I owe Madge a letter or she owes me one . |
| 22 | ‘ Once she tells us where the book is or she leads us to it , she dies . ’ |
| 23 | Fairness requires that we judge a defendant on the facts as he or she believes them to be . |
| 24 | The appeal court took the view that a speaker must take the audience as he or she finds it — this contradicted Beatty v. Gillbanks and revived all the fears about ‘ mob rule ’ which had been to the forefront of the judges ' minds in that case . |
| 25 | Failure to talk about sexual needs may mean that the individual does not consider it to be a problem , or that he or she finds it embarrassing to discuss such matters . |
| 26 | If you do live in the same house as your landlord and he or she wants you to leave the property then he or she must still give you at least four weeks Notice to Quit on a special form . |
| 27 | The drive is lined all the way by graceful lime trees and provides the first hint as to the verity of Tennyson 's description of Gunby Hall in a poem dated 1849 , where he describes it was a ‘ haunt of ancient peace ’ . |
| 28 | In Norman Nicholson 's Lake District anthology , he is sensibly clear-headed about including his own work where he thinks it is useful . |
| 29 | He gives a running commentary on what is happening at the moment in the game but also gives a players history where he thinks it will help the reader to understand to a fuller extent what is happening in the play . |
| 30 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |