Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] she " in BNC.

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1 She might not be able to produce the required number of sons or she might produce only daughters or she might even be childless .
2 As he landed heavily on the linoleum , the doctor called to him : ‘ Tell her I 'll be paying the ten shillings or she wo n't come . ’
3 Either the mermaid was energetically breasting the waves or she sat on the upturned keel of a drowned vessel and combed out long and improbably yellow hair .
4 I 've thumped it into your ears that she 's mine and she 'll remain mine .
5 That night she was woken by the most terrible screams that she had ever heard .
6 The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance .
7 Now 45 , Marian decided to remain unemployed for six months so she could see how she felt about work , to settle her daughters and adjust to her new house .
8 She stuffed the postcard under her pillow and then smoothed the covers that she 'd refused to straighten before school .
9 The methods that she uses erm , and I think this needs to be done well before a disaster , unfortunately so often people only react at times like this and I think it 's such a pity that they do n't do it beforehand , but it 's working on basic assertiveness skills , communications skills like giving a language for feelings , erm building up support for each other , plus the creative work — getting things down
10 ‘ When she put out a few signals that she — well , fancied me , you can guess how I felt .
11 It is considered that in the last resort it is to civil remedies that she should have recourse .
12 Used to let them at me mum leave er my kids that she made of hers , yet she , me mum never treated them all the same
13 But wisely Mrs Christie saw that she would have much more difficulty seeing the world through juvenile spectacles than she would through Belgian ones .
14 Within a month Wilson saw with her own eyes that she had been right .
15 Looking at Winnie , who , it might be , closed her eyes that she did not see his teeth .
16 A hostess in tight teeshirt and jeans lingers only long enough to assure Kate discreetly with her eyes that she is not poaching on her territory , smiles velvetly at Jeremy , brings them their drinks .
17 He could see by her awkward stance and darting eyes that she was acutely embarrassed .
18 There was an expression in his blue eyes that she did not completely understand , ant so she lifted one eyebrow .
19 Sarah Stitt is possessed of the same huge eyes that she likes to paint in her huge-eyed portraits .
20 He saw from her eyes that she could not , would not believe him .
21 As the waiter cleared away the debris of their meal , Luke Hunter was looking at Folly across the table with an expression in his eyes that she found hard to classify .
22 There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal .
23 She never knew how long she slept , but when she drifted back to consciousness she was aware even before opening her eyes that she was no longer alone in the room , and her body stiffened .
24 Staring at him , into blue , blue eyes that she had once found so attractive , she shook her head tiredly .
25 There was a look in his eyes that she could n't quite remember seeing before , and she found it distinctly disturbing .
26 I , I , something floated in front of my eyes that she was thinking of applying on part time for the complaint examiner , but she did n't .
27 He could tell by her eyes that she had closed her mind to him .
28 On 18 January 1984 she told a gathering of parliamentary lobby journalists that she wished to be remembered for breaking the consensus and tackling traditionally ‘ immune targets ’ .
29 She is prone to pointing out to journalists that she has ugly hands ( her assessment ) , says she grew up thinking she was plain and now is so embarrassed by her appearance on screen that she never sees her films unless she 's forced to .
30 ‘ Not the most brilliant thought you 've ever had , Flo , ’ Maria ventured tartly , moving away again , avoiding Luke 's eyes although she could literally feel the weight of his attention on her .
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