Example sentences of "[Wh det] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mrs Cullam put the baby on the table among the crumbs , removing its napkin which she dropped on the floor , and said in the same low economical tone , ‘ Get me another nappie , Georgina . ’ |
| 32 | Her best known books , though , were Royal Service and Royal Secrets , which she ghost-wrote for the Prince of Wales 's former valet , Stephen Barry . |
| 33 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 34 | Her subsequent unhappy reaction caused him to regret that he had inadvertently damaged her self-esteem by destroying part of her image of self which she presented to the world . |
| 35 | The Prime Minister then made one of her dynamic speeches , in which she referred to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe , but she warned that , to retain our freedom , we must maintain an enduring defence system . |
| 36 | Her life changed dramatically in 1906 , when her godmother and great-aunt , Lady Blomfield , left her a legacy of £1,000 , which she donated to the revival of morris dancing . |
| 37 | It is likely that Alison Wilding will capture the fancy of pundits and punters , as much for her surprising omission from last year 's highly controversial short-list ( see The Art Newspaper No.12 , November 1991 , p.3 ) , as for the quality of the work which she showed at the Tate Gallery , Liverpool , and the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust , Dean Clough , Halifax , the two exhibitions which secured her nomination . |
| 38 | Here , taking a milk measure from a marble slab , she bent over a big brown earthenware jar , took off the wooden lid , dipped in the measure and scooped up some clean water , which she handed to the child , saying , ‘ Drink that . ’ |
| 39 | Jane Austen may seem in Sense and Sensibility to join with Edward in preferring cottages in good repair , even at the cost of the picturesque ; but on another occasion , in Northanger Abbey , she appears to side with Catherine , who is so delighted by the view of ‘ a sweet little cottage ’ among apple trees which she sees from the windows of the parsonage at Woodston that her enthusiasm even saves it from demolition . |
| 40 | Reaching into her skirt pocket , she brought out a silver shilling which she placed into the older man 's hand . |
| 41 | The maid then shook out a large linen table napkin which she placed across the lap of Artemis 's best frock . |
| 42 | Before Cowley could add anything further , Roz Hatch appeared on the back lawn , carrying a tray of coffee , which she placed on the wide garden table . |
| 43 | She took out her wallet and found that she had six pounds and ten shillings which she placed on the chair by his bed ; ‘ Will that be enough to be going on with ? ’ she asked . |
| 44 | Fascinated , Dr Neil , who had opened the bag and was beginning to pull out strange-looking forceps and a bottle of chloroform , watched her lift up her black skirt to reveal a spotless white petticoat , from which she cut a large square which she placed on the grimy table , having first cleared to one side the used cups and plates covered in half-eaten food . |
| 45 | She had found a large blanket , which she placed in the back of her car , in the garage . |
| 46 | She looked pale , but otherwise healthy , which she attributed to the diet at Askham Grange : ‘ Cooked breakfast in the morning , salads for lunch , something like lamb chops or ham pie for dinner . |
| 47 | ‘ Personal self-denial for the good of others was the first important lesson Annie learned , ’ says Taylor , ‘ and it was a principle by which she stood for the rest of her life . ’ |
| 48 | It requires the teacher to demonstrate the significance which she places upon the children 's resources and judgements . |
| 49 | Above the sink was a large cupboard which she opened despite the disapproving suck of John 's tongue . |
| 50 | She was highly critical , however , of the terms under which the League of Nations was set up in 1919 , partly because the League was permitted the use of force and economic sanctions , and partly because it was committed to supporting the Versailles settlement , which she regarded from the start as an unjust and unstable peace . |
| 51 | She turned them this way and that , selecting four perfect specimens , which she put on the seat between herself and Nora . |
| 52 | In the kitchen , she opened the freezer and found a Chicken Kiev for two , which she put in the microwave to defrost . |
| 53 | She wrapped them in a piece of pale yellow silk which she tied up with a purple ribbon , and enclosed them in a square biscuit tin which she pushed to the very back of the buffet , behind the piles of tablecloths and napkins . |
| 54 | The idea may then be for the surviving spouse to give the property ( which she took under the deed of variation ) to the children and make a potentially exempt transfer under IHTA 1984 , s3A : provided she survives seven years no inheritance tax will have been payable on the death or on the gift or indeed on her death by reference to the property which she gave to the children . |
| 55 | Much of Greenfield 's paper derives from the theoretical foundations laid by Bernstein and she is surprised how closely the ‘ verbal deprivation ’ he identifies in working-class English youths corresponds to that which she found amongst the Wolof . |
| 56 | Then she produced a large green glass vase , which she attached to the closed orifice of the net . |
| 57 | She is smaller than her brother , with a rich mane of chestnut hair which she wears to the waist . |
| 58 | The group , which she directs from the harpsichord , specialise in 18th Century music which they play on period instruments . |
| 59 | Margery Kempe finds the actual humanity of Christ 's life and death a pattern of living which transfigures the ordinary demands of daily life with a sense of the holy — an emotional engagement with the humanity of Christ which she shares with the " affective piety " of her age . |
| 60 | At last she found the exit at the far end of the enormous shed , and burst out into a dark courtyard , littered with the hulks of abandoned machinery , which she remembered from the morning . |