Example sentences of "[coord] she [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An individual 's entitlement to social security benefit , including whether or not he or she receives benefit , is confidential information .
2 I would therefore vote for a Labour candidate only if he or she guarantees opposition to the party manifesto 's support for abortion to the extent of denying the Whip .
3 A bad interviewer can give a potentially excellent employee such a negative impression that he or she loses interest in the job .
4 Unfortunately , this rarely happens : the child keeps screaming until he or she gets attention .
5 The Patois index therefore tells us everything and nothing about an individual speaker : it tells us whether that person uses many or few Patois features overall in their talk , but nothing about how he or she uses Patois and English as part of a communicative strategy .
6 The sufferer may say that he or she uses alcohol or drugs for social reasons but is often just as comfortable , if not more so , using alone .
7 The Spirit of Romance is undertaken on the principle that Pound never ceased to hammer home , notably in How To Read and The ABC of Reading : the principle that no one can understand the history of poetry in English unless he or she takes note of poetry in , or responsibly translated out of , other languages than English .
8 The situation is not helped by the writers of " soap operas " who " explain " the behaviour of a murderer , child molester or other deviant by saying that he or she had epilepsy or a brain tumour .
9 Once awakened , as in religious conversion or falling in love , the nationalist finds a new family from which he or she derives pride , dignity , the opportunity for unimagined courage , contact with a supposed eternity , and ‘ humanity ’ ( as opposed to the mechanical arrangements of an alien bureaucracy and the market ) .
10 He argues that , by contrast with urban-industrial areas where occupation structures a person 's place in society , it is the ownership of land that shapes the rural social structure : the crucial consideration determining someone 's place in rural society is whether he or she owns land , or rents land , or works for someone who owns or rents land .
11 And it should be noted that a farmer is entitled to shoot a dog if he or she thinks harm is going to be caused to livestock .
12 Similarly , a director who is in charge of the company 's research and development programme would not be able to resist a negligence action by claiming that he or she lacked experience or qualifications in the area concerned .
13 She did n't correct enough or she lost control or maybe she 'd had a few bevvies .
14 With NVQs a trainee can trigger a demand for assessment whenever he or she reaches competence .
15 Travel changes perspectives , it gives the traveller a new set of horizons and a chance to even up the sense of proportion with which he or she views life .
16 In response to a request from a member we ask a named practitioner ( medical or alternative ) if he or she has evidence of efficacy that meets these criteria and , if not , if he or she is obtaining such evidence .
17 If he or she has difficulty in speaking , moistening the tongue and lips can be helpful .
18 A buyer will be concerned to know details about whether gas is connected ; whether he or she has responsibility for all or any fences or ditches ; whether the property has mains drainage ; whether there is liability to maintain a road at the front of the property ; or whether application for planning permission has been refused in the past .
19 A person who listens shows that he or she has time for others .
20 Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket .
21 The snag for the user is that , in most cases , unless he or she has access to a piece of ready-written graphics software or can program the machine to create the required displays from scratch these features seldom get used to the full .
22 * Judgement criteria — by Which the individual evaluates the alternatives available in the market to Which he or she has access .
23 Perhaps he or she found justification in a seemingly intolerable accumulation of slights , insults and deprivations …
24 And even where the student has a lot of choice , why should he or she choose incoherence ?
25 ‘ We have no idea who the murderer is or how he or she gained access to Sir Ralph , though we did find Sir Fulke 's buckle . ’
26 Subject to the Statement of Pensions Policy which will be issued to the successful candidate , the appointee will be deemed to be in membership of the above pension scheme until such time as he or she gives notice in writing to exercise the right not to be a member of the scheme
27 The believer wants to see too much evidence for God — like Copleston , he or she wants proof — and hence the unbeliever sees no evidence .
28 He knelt beside her and she saw concern flash across his features .
29 And she saw horror itself .
30 She kept her eyes lowered when Feargal stood to speak , because if he glanced at her , and she saw contempt in his eyes , she would probably lose her temper , and that would n't be fair , not on Terry 's day .
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