Example sentences of "as a woman " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a woman gets older , she may notice changes in the pattern of her periods . |
| 2 | Chocolate is a most romantic food if only because , as a woman , one expects to be showered with delicious boxes of confectionery at every possible moment ( husbands and lovers , take note ) . |
| 3 | Take no notice , it 's only the wife , ’ he added , as a woman looked into the shop from a door at the back . |
| 4 | As soon as a woman takes the dominant role , that is when things start to go wrong . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There 's the bell , ’ then , as a woman strode past in plus fours with an Eton crop , added , ‘ and there 's the DC . |
| 6 | She stooped to brush the clean sand with her hand , as a woman might smooth a satin cushion for a guest in her drawing-room . |
| 7 | ‘ Give me the chief cryptographer , ’ he said softly , as a woman answered the call . |
| 8 | In fact , a man 's skin can be just as dry as a woman 's . |
| 9 | Therefore , only so long as a woman is in labour shall he give up Israel ; and then those that survive of his race shall rejoin their brethren . |
| 10 | It all became too much as a woman in the crowd shouted : ‘ We love you , Di . ’ |
| 11 | It is a tax-free lump sum of £1,000 , paid as soon as a woman is widowed provided that : ( 1 ) her husband had paid sufficient NI contributions ; ( 2 ) she is under 60 ; or ( 3 ) if she is over 60 , her husband had not been entitled to retirement pension . |
| 12 | Writing of the work of Chardin , whose most profoundly moving paintings are revelations of how trivial , homely , everyday scenes and objects are transformed for us when we see them through the eyes of a great painter , Proust says , " Chardin has taught us that a pear is as living as a woman , a kitchen crock as beautiful as an emerald . " |
| 13 | Or perhaps , in the old days , people were even more scared of death than we are , so tried to appear friendly towards it , as a woman might try to appear friendly to a rapist in the hope — |
| 14 | She says : ‘ Maybe men need something that looks like ‘ a proper drink ’ but , as a woman , there is no stigma attached to being sensible and having an orange juice . ’ |
| 15 | Davide sheltered her , as a woman should be sheltered . |
| 16 | Such things were often done , as a woman of Mrs Moon 's experience would know very well , being altogether au fait with the social niceties . |
| 17 | It is as remarkable as a woman . |
| 18 | And of herself , as a woman , as fragile somehow , in comparison to him ? |
| 19 | Cranston tossed them a penny , and turned to watch as a woman condemned as a scold was led by a beadle up to the stocks in Tower Street , a steel brank fastened tightly around her head . |
| 20 | The second example was of a time when Caesar was ill , and cried to Titinius to get him a drink , as feebly as a woman might ( says Cassius ) , and he bore his illness in a cowardly way . |
| 21 | No , but as soon as a woman comes in I always say ah language lads ladies present . |