Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] she is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sensual , sexy tale — a style for which she is becoming renowned . |
| 2 | In a survey of London 's trades in 1747 , the wages of milliners were said to be " poor and mean " : " Though a young woman can work neatly in all manner of Needle Work , yet she can not earn more than Five or Six Shillings [ 25-30p ] a week , out of which she is to find herself in board and lodging . " |
| 3 | Every bride looks beautiful — this is partly because of what she is wearing and partly because she is usually glowing with happiness . |
| 4 | She is silently waiting for me now to understand the nature of what she is offering me . |
| 5 | Alternatively , the sender may wish to make certain parts of the message the topic of what she is saying — the focus of attention — and others simply comments . |
| 6 | described two distinct states of affair , namely , ( a ) where the wife is alive to what she is signing and is procured to sign by the undue influence of her husband ; and ( b ) where the wife is not aware of what she is signing and the only ground for impeaching the document is her want of understanding . |
| 7 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 8 | He condemned Outram 's teaching in the language of purity outrage as : ‘ most disgraceful and disgusting and abominable and I wo n't have my child taught like what she is teaching ’ . |
| 9 | A courtesan , an expensive courtesan , who drenches herself in sandalwood oil to cover the nauseating stench of the bedbugs with which she is infested . |
| 10 | For her subjects it will undoubtedly confirm our respect and affection for her as a person ; but , more importantly , by its sequential emphasis , it reasserts the awesome spiritual power with which she is invested . |
| 11 | There are rules for deciding how much is taxable , and these should be explained to her by the insurance company with which she is dealing . |
| 12 | Since Seia is coheir , and therefore already in receipt of a benefit under the testator 's will , the trust with which she is burdened is valid , and does not ( as in the previous case ) depend on construing a further disposition of which she is the beneficiary . |
| 13 | The ensuing discussion is based around the concept of value : whether Helen is worth the daily blood with which she is painted . |
| 14 | She has won awards for many of the sporting activities in which she is involved . |
| 15 | Instead , she argues for a socialization theory which sees the individual as ‘ a function of what people around her expect her to be , and what the over-all situation in which she is acting implies that she is ’ ( 1973 : 395 ) . |
| 16 | In certain extreme circumstances , Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision . |
| 17 | Because of the difficult position in which she is placed , any training provided on ‘ preparation for retirement ’ should encourage the farmer , his wife , and the family to attend . |
| 18 | That was in keeping with the respect in which she is held for her tireless work , especially on behalf of the world 's children . |
| 19 | The surfeit of codes and jargons in which she is immersed brings about a loss of faith in the power of the word , but her attitude toward the ‘ instant world ’ that is ‘ whiter than white ’ because it has no memory and no values makes her uneasy . |
| 20 | The work of each woman I have selected unites a sophisticated understanding of the area in which she is working — and these are always varied , for instance sculpture , metalwork , painting , photography , with a very personal , often critical viewpoint , specific to the woman herself . |
| 21 | Another of the sheets is ‘ Studies of the penitent Magdalene ’ , in which she is shown in two stances , kneeling before a crucifix and asleep ( est. £12–18,000 ; $21–32,000 ) . |
| 22 | One strange thing about her books is that they nearly all tend to be set a little bit back in the past , so that the position of the women that she is describing and the society in which she is describing them is n't quite what 's actually going on a the time she 's writing . |
| 23 | Furthermore , cohort studies in Britain show that the relation between a woman 's family size and the family size in which she is brought up is positive , although not very strong : childless women are more likely to be single children themselves , mothers of large families tend to come from larger than average families themselves , even when other influences are controlled for statistically ( Kiernan 1989a ) . |
| 24 | He subjected both to repeated analysis , ending up with a version of Maria Luisa in which she is transformed into a sharp-beaked , staring owl , and of Francisco Lezcano in which he has metamorphosed into a dog . |
| 25 | JULIA Roberts ' latest film is Joseph Reuben 's Sleeping With The Enemy , in which she is terrorised by a jealous , violent husband ( Patrick Bergen ) . |
| 26 | In broad psychological terms , it can be said that the male is achievement-orientated , directing his efforts towards a specific goal , whereas the woman is more concerned that the differing elements in her life should be in harmonious relation to one another , and that the circle of light in which she is centred includes them all . |
| 27 | She does not fly from history , yet as a woman of the labouring class there is a great deal from which she is excluded . |
| 28 | The local mum said the most effective way to teach Laura is to take her away from whatever she is doing wrong and keep saying ‘ no ’ . |
| 29 | Catholics are only angry because they feel threatened and so there must be some strength and force in what she is trying to say . |
| 30 | But if she persists in what she is saying about him now , he will have no choice but to insist she goes . |