Example sentences of "[adj] woman who [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They quoted the old woman who announced outside the Old Bailey that ‘ he got what he deserved ’ . |
| 2 | Can you wonder that Virginia , the Elf Second , used to put her head down , keep her eyes fixed straight in front of her , and pedal as hard as she could past Wardle Wood and the old woman who lived in the cottage in the middle of it . |
| 3 | ‘ The old woman who lived in the hills , ’ Constance cried in delight . |
| 4 | It was a heavy fall and Rain 's first thought was for the nervous old woman who lived in the flat below . |
| 5 | ‘ But one morning , the old woman who worked in the house began to talk about Arthur . |
| 6 | Seldom had Sergeant Camb felt so sorry for anyone as he did for this woman who lay against the piled pillows . |
| 7 | In 1871 , 74 per cent of the village men were manual workers and most were engaged in agriculture , while the few women who worked outside the home were almost entirely ‘ in service ’ . |
| 8 | For instance , in British women who married before the age of 20 , the proportion of marriages that ended in divorce has been approximately double that of the marriages of women who married between 20 and 24 ( Office of Population Censuses and Surveys , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | These tended to be white , middle-class academic English women who expounded on the latest dogmas of feminist political theory with a vigour reminiscent of evangelism . |
| 10 | As the soup plates were removed by a white-overalled woman who appeared from the kitchen , the person on Harry 's other side stirred and turned her head towards him . |
| 11 | As the story of a white woman who rides into the Mexican mountains to be sacrificed , naked and unprotesting , to the god of the Indians in order to maintain for them ‘ The mastery that man must hold , and that passes from race to race ’ , this piece , particularly when contrasted with Sweeney Agonistes , makes clear the essential difference between Eliot 's interest in the savage and that of Lawrence . |
| 12 | With the adulterous woman who came to the village well to draw water , he spoke first of the water and then of the men in her life . |
| 13 | The spark of poetry was kindled in him by an elderly woman who lived with the family and was full of tales of witches and warlocks . |
| 14 | It recognises that the Church 's media centre has an important part to play in training and encouraging women who work in the media , and it is considering inviting women to take part in its forthcoming Media Commission meetings . |
| 15 | ‘ It seems to be the ambition of so many women who come into the bush . |
| 16 | Sophie was a small frail woman who moved about the lounge as silently as a cat , greeting everyone in whispered French . |
| 17 | MORE THAN 10,000 women who work for the Regional Council have received a cervical smear test since 1988 , and the Women 's Unit has played a major part in that achievement . |
| 18 | Stendhal immortalized the city in La Chartreuse de Parme , describing the beautiful women who walked in the streets as Madonnas who had just emerged from the paintings of Correggio and Parmigianino . |
| 19 | Another caring woman who died in the disaster was doctor 's daughter Deborah Leon , from South Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 20 | In common with Butler and Florence Nightingale , illness related to the strain experienced by middle-class women who moved into the public sphere . |
| 21 | It gives details of the treatment available , and draws on the experiences of the 2000 women who belong to the society . |
| 22 | He had a weekly class for Sunday school teachers , which included a Methodist headmaster and several women who taught in the nonconformist Sunday schools . |
| 23 | It is estimated that there are around 9,000 women who work on the streets or in the bars of Olongapo as prostitutes or ’ hospitality workers ’ . |
| 24 | Captain Delvert , appraising in April 1916 the crowds of gorgeous well-dressed women who promenaded in the Bois de Boulogne on the arms of their escorts , was reminded of |
| 25 | Carrie 's only problem was the other woman who worked in the dining rooms . |
| 26 | It was Justine , the young woman who looked after the children and who was like a sister to us . |
| 27 | A sense of alarm prompted her to knock again , more loudly , and this time the door was thrust open by an elegant though plainly dressed young woman who winced at the sound of breaking glass , coming from somewhere behind her . |
| 28 | Even more bitter were the attacks on the behaviour of the demi-mondaines who did not hesitate to parade ‘ the profits of their vice ’ in front of decent folk and whose example , so it was said , influenced young women of good society : ‘ Among young women who count amongst the best bred and the best brought up , there are those who do not hesitate to copy the manners and behaviour of girls of easy virtue . ’ |
| 29 | Unlike the work of finance or even the public sector , women have been influential in the presentation of the visual arts in Britain for some time , Sally Townsend talks to Annely Juda and Angela Flowers , two women who started in the gallery business with young children , whose lives came together briefly when they ran galleries next door to each other , two women who , together with their sons , help to shape work on show in central London |
| 30 | They thought we misused the system when actually it was expensive in the first place and faulty , " said a middle-aged woman who lives on the estate . |