Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] woman 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia shook her head , grateful for the other woman 's offer . |
| 2 | Unaccustomed to waging this kind of war , she was no match for the other woman 's powers of cattiness . |
| 3 | Byron Georgiadis , counsel for the dead woman 's father , has insisted she was murdered . |
| 4 | Police are also searching Sharpness and Bristol for the dead woman 's missing clothes ; a brown jacket , a black polo-neck sweater and a denim mini-skirt . |
| 5 | Facts such as the deceased woman 's maiden name , the birthplace of the deceased and so on will all be needed , as will the person 's national insurance number , state benefit books and NHS card . |
| 6 | You did not like Nicola Sharpe , did you , thought Dexter , listening to the verbal stiletto slip between the dead woman 's ribs . |
| 7 | Reported cases are small in number , and it may be true that in some ( not all ) of these cases the degree of trauma suffered by the wife is less than if the rape had been by another man ; but abolition of the marital-rape exemption is surely important as a statement of the married woman 's autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual matters . |
| 8 | The gradual phasing out of the married woman 's option has been accompanied by the introduction of credits towards the basic state pension for those who are out of the labour market because of home responsibilities . |
| 9 | She listened carefully to the details of the Palestinian woman 's story , of how Jewish gangs had murdered a truckload of Arab villagers shortly before Um Al-Farajh was surrounded and of how the Jews then destroyed Mrs Zamzam 's home , the village and even the little Muslim cemetery beside it . |
| 10 | She must have seen it on some of the murdered woman 's belongings when you first entered the priory but she probably could not place it immediately . |
| 11 | Married with a son , she is the author of The Well Woman 's Self Help Directory |
| 12 | Married with a son , she is the author of The Well Woman 's Self Help Directory |
| 13 | Thiercelin thought he detected an almost imperceptible shake of the dark woman 's head . |
| 14 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 15 | And she was trying desperately not to be too obvious as her eyes scrutinised every line of the other woman 's face . |
| 16 | He told the jurors they should look for corroboration of the 18-year-old woman 's claim that she had been attacked in the officer 's marked police car . |
| 17 | Arthur Stephenson was 22-years-old and the sight of the tragic woman 's corpse has haunted him . |
| 18 | Of the white woman 's negrophobic fear of rape by the black man Fanon asks : ‘ Basically does this fear of rape not itself cry out for rape ? |
| 19 | Another aspect of the white woman 's burden to be shouldered and borne with . |
| 20 | Marie felt herself caught up in the intensity of the old woman 's hatred . |
| 21 | Patrick obediently closed his eyes , feeling the sun warm and orange on his eyelids , hearing the click of the old woman 's scissors , feeling cold strands of hair drift occasionally across his face . |
| 22 | Southgate crouched by my master and felt the nape of the old woman 's neck , trying to ignore those staring , popping eyes . |
| 23 | Turning from the ugly sight of the old woman 's contorted features , she fled the room , running incontinently down the gallery to the stairs , unaware that Hector , barking excitedly , ran out after her . |
| 24 | She was not helped by the unnerving sight of the old woman 's hugely magnified eye as she held up her glass to inspect the girl coming towards her . |
| 25 | But she could n't just walk out of the old woman 's life , not without preparing her first . |
| 26 | Mary moved her seat closer , reached out and took one of the older woman 's hands in hers . |
| 27 | But Jessamy had suddenly had quite enough of the older woman 's interference . |
| 28 | Dragging up a stool , she sat in front of the older woman 's legs , and placed the package in her lap . |
| 29 | She seemed nervous at first , then almost resentful of the older woman 's presence . |
| 30 | The author of The Fat Woman 's Joke and The Life and Loves of a She Devil has suddenly decided that being one of Britain 's highest paid and smartest novelists who can command fees of £200,000 per book simply is n't enough . |