Example sentences of "woman [unc] [noun] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman 's face twitches like a tramp 's to the smell of soup . |
| 2 | Too late Polly realised that her words were open to a very different interpretation from the one she intended , and her heart sank as the woman 's face creased into a hard-edged cynical smile . |
| 3 | He wondered if it was because a woman 's mind worked in a different way to a man 's or whether Blanche simply thought too much . |
| 4 | The old woman 's mouth twisted into a smile of gleeful satisfaction , and she turned to Theda . |
| 5 | In secular western culture , however , the physical events of women 's lives meet with a resounding silence . |
| 6 | 3 BROOKS BLAST 200g Available in men 's and women 's models built on a curved last . |
| 7 | SCOTLAND suffered mixed fortunes yesterday with the women 's side romping to a 138-82 win over Ireland in the opening game of the Home International series in Perth , while in the men 's British championships at Swansea , the Scots were left empty-handed . |
| 8 | Working-class women had always had recourse to abortion ; but in the case of the last century it was particularly likely , first , where married women workers worked outside the home and hence paid a key role in determining their families economic stability ; and second , where the dependence of the family on the women 's wage led to a reappraisal of family strategy . |