Example sentences of "[noun pl] she [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Prime Minister may be more concerned to ward off the various demons she perceives on the horizon . |
| 2 | She was in a perpetual process of readjustment , not only to tides and seasons , but to the rats she encountered on the wharf . |
| 3 | The professional and personal uncertainties she suffers on the way up give heart to this novel , which is at its best exposing the machinations of editorial top brass . |
| 4 | For many years she appeared on the list of the world 's best-dressed women , and is a frequent visitor to London . |
| 5 | In this article , I will demonstrate that O'Keeffe herself was instrumental in inspiring this new voice in the criticism ; that in response to the reviews she received on the occasion of her first major exhibition in New York in 1923 , she set about to persuade critics to define her and her art on her won terms . |
| 6 | It was one of the first things she put on the wall when they re-decorated the house . |
| 7 | He had caused his father to have a near-fatal heart-attack , and finally , he had used a legal wrangle to cheat his mother out of two properties she inherited on the death of her mother . |
| 8 | Despite her wish to become accepted within rational circles she insisted on the acceptance of ‘ the affections ’ and may have been instrumental in Godwin 's revisions of his writings . |
| 9 | After a few seconds she focused on the crude childish characters , |
| 10 | In the afternoons she lay on the bed with the canvas bag beside her . |
| 11 | Crossing the road to water the bed of dahlias and moon daisies and nasturtiums she kept on the grass margin across the road from her door at the beginning of the village , Mrs Reynolds paused to watch Rose make her way round by the bridge to the post office and muttered venomously , ‘ There 's no fool like an old fool' , as if confronting the worst part of her own nature . |
| 12 | It was a bitterly cold evening but the warmth of the greetings she received on the streets over the next few days made up for it . |
| 13 | For two nights she slept on the Thames Embankment . |