Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [that] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | To acknowledge that she could not and never would ask Maggie for the mothering that she would give to her own mother . |
| 2 | Mr A is good at one , three , five and Mrs B is responsible for the skills that she 's good at one , two , three , four , five eight . |
| 3 | That 's an unmarried daughter that you should be giving due recognition to for the efforts that she may have put in . |
| 4 | So perhaps we can for the contribution that she 's made in sh in a short time . |
| 5 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 6 | They had the edge , a way of living for the moment that she envied . |
| 7 | And Clara , walking by her side and hearing these words , burst suddenly and at last into loud hysterical weeping , and as the tears flooded down her hot cheeks she knew that they were not for her father , but for the meanness and the lack of love , and for the fear that she would die in so ugly a hole , and so unloved . |
| 8 | 381 , 384 ‘ There is no doubt that at common law if a wife chooses wilfully and without justification to live away from her husband she can not , so long as she continues absent , render him liable for the necessaries supplied to her , or for her maintenance by the union , for the reason that she has of her own free will deprived herself of the opportunity which the husband was affording her of being maintained in the home . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman does not think that that is a proper contribution to the health service or a proper qualification for the job that she holds , I am very surprised indeed . |
| 10 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 11 | Except for the fact that she is n't meant to be Jewish , we are in stock Jewish-mother territory . |
| 12 | This was some compensation for the fact that she was almost certainly no better at the piano . |
| 13 | Noreen was kept on after the try-out week , but she knew that was only on the strength of Fred , the Stage Manager 's sympathetic report , and for the fact that she got on well with everyone in the company , especially Bernie . |
| 14 | This probably accounted for the fact that she was not on duty at the theatre as much as she should have been and was very moody when she was there . |
| 15 | In the spring of the following year , 1957 , Marie-Ande Roussain , Edouard de Chavigny 's senior secretary , a young woman of considerable ability and renowned for the fact that she never became flustered , called Edouard in his office . |
| 16 | Joan felt a trifle faint and was grateful for the fact that she was sitting down . |
| 17 | Folly felt almost embarrassed at herself for the ease with which she was finding these excuses — and for the fact that she seemed to have slipped into mental first-name terms with this man who was , after all , a stranger . |
| 18 | Noticing the way the young woman 's eyes had glazed over with undisguised longing , while he appeared faintly bored with the proceedings , Shannon had mentally given thanks for the fact that she was n't drawn to gorgeous , self-centred hunks like this one . |
| 19 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 20 | He really was the most annoying , irritating man she had ever met , and if it had n't been for the fact that she knew he would carry out his threat and have her sacked she would have refused point-blank to go tonight . |
| 21 | Though since she had taken only one glass of wine , she knew that when everything should have been against her feeling in any way relaxed she must thank Ven , and his charm as a host , for the fact that she was feeling so entirely at ease with him . |
| 22 | I know absolutely nothing about this authoress , except for the fact that she has written many other horror stories . |
| 23 | Joanne 's commitment to the next 12 months will leave her little time for the hobbies that she enjoyed before tennis came along . |
| 24 | As for the matter that she raises , I welcome the fact that GP fund holders , and all GPs , are doing more in their own surgeries , which cuts waiting lists and speeds patient care . |
| 25 | It was while travelling around the world for the UN that she first became impressed with the simple forms of cosmetics made from natural ingredients used by remote communities . |
| 26 | It was during the night that she would conjure up this picture of herself ; in the daytime she was practical . |
| 27 | Maggie had so little to do during the day that she spent much of the time chatting and gossiping with Rose . |
| 28 | She flicked back through a number of the loose-leaf pages , quickly at first and then slowing as the date that she was seeking came closer . |
| 29 | We employ an elderly book-keeper who is due to retire soon and I am concerned about getting someone to replace her as the books that she is keeping appear quite complicated . |
| 30 | Deborah , in Chapter 2 , talks about the celebration that she and her family had when she started hers ; Deborah has a very good self-image and no particular hang-ups about her body . |