Example sentences of "woman [Wh pn] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples of this reciprocal effect lie in the man who is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life or the woman who is so wrapped up in her children that she has little time for her husband . |
| 2 | Thus to use the contemporary philosopher Richard Wollheim 's ( 1985 ) analogy of the mind as a theatre , he is , in his fantasy , an actor in a play that he has written , and she — the woman on the page — is in it too , as his adoring lover , his woman who is totally fixated upon him . |
| 3 | But only the swiftest of action will save a woman who 's already lost her husband from losing her home as well . |
| 4 | Erm er I 'm very grateful to Dr and I 'll offer him another story , a woman who 's now died whom I used to visit who sat with her coal fire set but not lit until someone would come to the door . |
| 5 | A woman who was repeatedly beaten and humiliated by her husband has gone to the Appeal Court to have her conviction for his murder overturned . |
| 6 | Civilised men , possessed of considerable intellect , as he was , could generally control their lust and even deny it when it was felt in response to a woman who was either despised or prevented from reciprocating for a variety of reasons , but they could not always control their emotions . |
| 7 | The celebrations passed off peacefully amid an unprecedented level of security , although the Queen 's speech was disrupted by Maori hecklers , and a wet T-shirt was thrown at her by a woman who was later charged with disorderly conduct . |
| 8 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 9 | He explained he had met a woman who was ideally suited to be a farmer 's wife , who went to church regularly , who was honest , sensitive , intelligent , graceful , pure a snow , and extremely beautiful . |
| 10 | When he came into the office , past Selinda his secretary , an elderly woman who was constantly asking him to give her ‘ something interesting to do ’ ( How could he ? |
| 11 | ‘ for the purpose of prostitution ’ This point must be carefully proved to eliminate any risk of charging an innocent woman who was merely asking the way or for a light etc . |
| 12 | As I got to know Russell I began to be angry at this woman who was still causing him misery . |
| 13 | From record pancake tossers and bubblegum blowers to an Ulster woman who was still working at 107 — they all get a mention in the book that is second only to the Bible in the best sellers list . |
| 14 | Or there was the antique shop in Beaumont Street , only one flummoxed woman who was always shutting for ‘ ten minutes ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ The tavern wench says she saw the young man and woman who were later found murdered in the forest . |
| 16 | It is surprising to find some women who are heavily infected with candida and yet who deny any symptoms save an increase in vaginal discharge . |
| 17 | A spokeswoman for the Women 's Centre , a voluntary organisation fighting against the proposed abolition , said it would add further to the misery of women who are already exploited as cheap labour . |
| 18 | For example , a study of women of Pakistani origin living in Bradford shows that the kin group provides a key structure for the guidance and emotional support of women who are newly arrived from Pakistan ( Saifullah Khan , 1977 ) . |
| 19 | Depression is not an all-or-nothing matter , however , and events which might provoke clinical depression in vulnerable women may produce borderline-case depressive illness in women who are more protected in terms of these four factors . |
| 20 | Sterilisations and abortions are being forced upon women who are then fitted with intro-uterine devices to prevent them having children , he claimed . |
| 21 | Many of those who take Christmas jobs in retail stores are , it was suggested , married women who are explicitly seeking a short-term job to help meet the extra expenses incurred at that time of the year . |
| 22 | There may be some local discomfort following the first ever sexual intercourse related to the tearing of the hymen , but honeymoon cystitis as often crops up in women who are sexually experienced for whom other explanations must be sought . |
| 23 | However , there are many women who are still paying at this rate . |
| 24 | Even women who are supposedly resigned to the ordinariness of their features register a quiet complaint . |
| 25 | Fairly strict diet and periods cos women tend to lose iron and certainly women who are actively dieting can actually become iron deficient . |
| 26 | Beyond the rape victims , the names of everybody else was disclosed , including the names of women who were indecently assaulted but not raped and the names of relatives of those whom The Fox had accosted . |
| 27 | In the UK new workers were found amongst women who were increasingly drawn into paid work , and also through migration both from Commonwealth countries and from the now declining northern regions to the midlands and south . |
| 28 | Women who were already paying a reduced rate contribution were however allowed to continue doing so . |
| 29 | While the war continued I could ( almost ) fool myself into believing that I was like those other women who were merely separated from their men ‘ for the duration ’ — or , if not that , at least I felt that my life was suspended . |
| 30 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |