Example sentences of "[noun sg] which she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | The maid then shook out a large linen table napkin which she placed across the lap of Artemis 's best frock . |
| 4 | She is smaller than her brother , with a rich mane of chestnut hair which she wears to the waist . |
| 5 | With nimble fingers , Eleanor put the remaining flowers in place before rolling the newspaper into a neat parcel which she carried into the vestry . |
| 6 | Her real destination was Fleet Street and the offices of the weekly Clarion Cry , but she could hardly inform Dr Neil or Matey of that interesting fact — it did n't quite fit the sad picture which she had drawn of the friendless , abandoned orphan without employment — not that the money which she earned from the Clarion would have kept her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These are intercalated with long nights of insomnia which she spends on the sofa with the radio and Herodotus , having fled her snoring lover Willy ( later Wally ) . |
| 9 | Only time will tell but at least it is a step in the right direction and certainly in line with the views expressed by Mary Joe Fernandez in a splendidly reasoned and cogent article which she wrote for The New York Times at the end of last year . |
| 10 | Her Royal Highness has also highlighted the R Y A year of youth sailing which she launched at the Earls Court Boat Show . |
| 11 | She was ashamed of causing his inner disturbance which she sensed by the restlessness of his hands , and she wondered if he was praying . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It requires the teacher to demonstrate the significance which she places upon the children 's resources and judgements . |
| 15 | Mrs Knight said Bruce 's daughter joined him in the house and cleared out a bureau which she had in the bedroom . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Although there was no meeting with William , it would seem that Victoria did use her influence , as is clear from a letter which she wrote to the Empress after her visit . |
| 18 | Reaching into her skirt pocket , she brought out a silver shilling which she placed into the older man 's hand . |
| 19 | As I clambered into the boat , moored near her big yacht , Lucy took the bottles of beer and Coca-Cola and put them into an open net bag which she lowered over the side , tying the net with a long rope to a hook on the gunwale . |
| 20 | The queer feeling came over her , that choking feeling in her throat which she experienced in the night , when she was lying awake trying to recall and piece together dim , fleeting memories of another time in which she had lived , when things had been both happy and sad , when angry broken sentences would not meet and so explain the odd pictures that formed in her mind . |
| 21 | Above the sink was a large cupboard which she opened despite the disapproving suck of John 's tongue . |