Example sentences of "[Wh det] she [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her ; and trafficked for strange webs with Eastern merchants ; and , as Leda , was the mother of Helen of Troy , and , as Saint Anne , the mother of Mary ; and all this has been to her but as the sound of lyres and flutes , and lives only in the delicacy with which it has moulded the changing lineaments , and tinged the eyelids and the hands . |
| 2 | It is a memorable evocation , casting a spell over the reader : ‘ She is older than the rocks among which she sits ; like the vampire , she has been dead many times , and learned the secrets of the grave ; and has been a diver in deep seas , and keeps their fallen day about her … ’ |
| 3 | And everything upon which she lies during her impurity shall be unclean ; everything also upon which she sits shall be unclean . |
| 4 | And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes , and bathe himself in water , and be unclean until the evening ; whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits , when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening . |
| 5 | And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes , and bathe himself in water , and be unclean until the evening ; whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits , when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening . |
| 6 | Dr Cole-King features in a national campaign urging the General Synod , on which she sits , to allow women to be ordained as priests . |
| 7 | Siobham half fills each glass in turn except one which she fills to the brim . |
| 8 | ALYSON WILLIAMS ‘ Alyson Williams ’ second from the fierce US soulwoman , with which she plans to prove that she is ‘ more than just a loud broad in a loud hat ! ’ |
| 9 | On the historical side , the most important acquisition was a letter of Mary Queen of Scots to the Earl of Leicester , 1567 , in which she asks for his assistance in promoting a good relationship between her and Queen Elizabeth . |
| 10 | She estimates that the NVALA has the block support of organisations totalling up to three million people and , in defence of the NVALA 's ‘ mandate ’ , points to the memberships of the British Humanist Society and the National Council for Civil Liberties ( now Liberty ) which she quotes as standing at 2,000 and 6,000 respectively . |
| 11 | Fighting stags , goats , hares , horses and dogs are all depicted in the exhibition created from wire , which she twists and weaves into shape . |
| 12 | And she filmed Just Like a Woman , on general release later this month , in which she plays a woman who falls in love with a transvestite . |
| 13 | Head down , she insisted she WAS N'T here to promote her new movie Death Becomes Her , in which she plays an actress worried about her looks . |
| 14 | The series , in which she plays tough-talking Tessa , opposite millionaire boyfriend Adam Faith , has been a smash hit with viewers , attracting an audience of more than 10 million . |
| 15 | Mer-doll and T-shirt opportunities appear to be limitless ; making balance-sheet splashes are Disney 's The Little Mermaid and the upcoming Cher movie Mermaids — a tail story in which she plays a single mother of two who leads a less-than-respectable love life . |
| 16 | The technical accomplishment with which she plays the music is startling enough , but there is an even more surprising maturity and musicality in her interpretation . |
| 17 | She is acutely disappointed by the government 's lack of investment in the clothing industry in this country , and highly critical of the industry itself , which she says just does n't realise the potential of its designers . |
| 18 | Janet 's bedroom is painted pink , which she says is ‘ how it 's always been , I ca n't be bothered to repaint it ’ . |
| 19 | Her bedspread is frilled pink with white flowers , and the first things you notice on entering her room are a full-length mirror and an exercise bike , which she says she rarely uses . |
| 20 | Yugotours ' Alison Clarke reports that bookings for the ski season which ended in March were heavy , which she says bodes well for the summer . |
| 21 | In her debut for Harper 's Bazaar she reviews The Lover , which she says reminds her of her own movie , Pretty Baby . |
| 22 | In fairness to the mother he should have directed that she be given notice of the foster mother 's application ; had he done so he would have learned — as we have learned from the mother 's statement which clearly should be admitted in evidence before us for this purpose at least — that if the matters to which she spoke were correct ( viz. the foster mother 's preventing her having access to and contact with the children , and allegations which she says the children made to her of their physical and emotional abuse by the foster mother and other members of her ‘ family ’ ) , then the mother 's wishes and feelings were not lightly to be ignored . |
| 23 | The first time I visit the Ladies ' Pond , I exclaim to Kelly , ‘ It 's like a Fellini film , ’ to which she says in a lazy Scottish brogue , ‘ Perhaps … |
| 24 | This was echoed by another boy : You see , my mom right , she says some words to me , right , sometimes , right , wha' I ca n't understand you know an' I sort of start laughin' , but then again right , y' know , I can understand some o' de words which she says to me y' know — I even speak it back to her , y' see . |
| 25 | She wwent to the High Court in August and won the riught to sue for malicious falsehood , a rare procedure , which she says she has to use because she ca n't afford libel proceedings . |
| 26 | ‘ I have had a letter from Maureen in which she says Niazy has written to her , telling her she was involved at that time and while he is in prison , she will stay in prison . |
| 27 | None of this ‘ feel the burn ’ malarky which she says can do more harm than good . |
| 28 | in this er first floor flat which she says is quite nice . |
| 29 | I draw an analogy between her raps and the African and Caribbean folk tales and poetry which she likes to read . |
| 30 | In complete contrast , Debbie 's unique brew of distorted guitar noise , which she likes to refer to as ‘ pure filth ’ , comes as the result of crashing everything through as many effects as possible . |