Example sentences of "woman who [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From nowhere she knew just as instinctively that the woman who married this man would always feel secure and cherished by his strength and kindness .
2 A nineteen-year-old Coventry woman who disowned any interest in feminism or politics — " I 'm just a fun girl , " — said she could never remember anybody talking about " the clitoris or orgasms ' .
3 I 'm jealous of Cherith , and of the woman who made these tapestries , and the voice on the phone .
4 The woman who gave this account thereafter changed her established way of life to become an activist in the Greenham Common protest against the siting there of cruise missiles .
5 I knew I had to bring it to some kind of confession , but saying , ‘ I love you , ’ to a woman who loved another man ?
6 A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said : ‘ A woman who did some shopping for the couple dropped the items off at the house .
7 This was undertaken by one of the more experienced older women who had little understanding of possible complications .
8 The women who had this type of machine complained about the considerable amount of work still required of the housewife , and the mess on the kitchen floor to be cleared up afterwards .
9 Not all of the women who took that decision were separatist by any means , but the fact that we had rejected men was not a gesture of feminism alone .
10 Our tour manager was a quietly efficient , handsome lady , whose calm suggested those intrepid women who travelled these regions in the last century , and the lecturer was a young woman professor from Manchester University , who turned out to be an authority on mummification .
11 In the shop Lydia heard rumours of men who sat up all night amongst their carrots , a shotgun across their knees for fear of jealous rivals who would come under cover of darkness to pour paraquat on the feathery fronds ; of women who stood all night in their kitchens baking , baking in the quest for the one , the perfect , cake or loaf .
12 The women who joined such communities were sometimes married and their aim was to live out the ideals of an apostolic life within the restrictions of their local community .
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