Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possible inferences might be that the teacher was angry , that she actually hit Mary , that she hurt her , or that she swung her hand and missed . |
| 2 | Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased . |
| 3 | But , to repeat and stress , the minimal attributions involve different language-games since the claim that the child Mary believes the ball is stuck , or that she desires it , is made of a being who does use language and the judgement carries with it this enhanced contextual implication . |
| 4 | An undemonstrative woman , the mother was quite incapable of putting her arms around her son and telling him that she was proud of him or that she loved him . |
| 5 | Whether it was Millie 's infuriated strength that caused the woman 's grasp on the scissors to slacken , or that she changed her tactics and meant to direct the scissors towards the child 's face , could n't be known , but Millie grabbed at the open blades and , managing to twist them round , consciously or by accident drove one of the blades into the nun 's arm . |
| 6 | As she watched her daughter run before her down the stairs , she thought , As long as he lives or until she escapes she 'll never be free to do what she likes . |
| 7 | Erm , I have children of my own , that I had naturally and I said yes , but with reservation because erm I I 've often wondered in the case of a handicapped baby er , that was born to a surrogate mother and the surrogate mother wanted to keep it simply because it was handicapped , or if she knew she was gon na have a handicapped baby the amniocentesis test and if she wanted to abort the baby but the mother-in-waiting did n't who would decide ? |
| 8 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 9 | Or if she does she has to wait till the e |
| 10 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 11 | Still , she kept the place tidier than it had been for months and she did n't mistreat Springsteen , or if she did he did n't complain about it . |
| 12 | ‘ Or if she did it was no further than the grounds . |
| 13 | Because he was hurt , or because she needed his protection ? |
| 14 | Or whether she opened it or whether she was in the front bedroom with something behind the door I du n no but |
| 15 | I do n't even know whether she used the flat , or whether she changed her mind and did n't go for one reason or another . ’ |
| 16 | Lydia watched it , thinking that they had much in common except that she had her prey in her grasp and was already preparing it for consumption . |
| 17 | I glimpsed what she had written — nothing extraordinary except that she hoped she would soon find deliverance from her troubles . |
| 18 | What could she say to him except that she felt her life — their life together — slipping away ; that whether she survived or slid wearily from her broken body , there was no longer any prospect of happiness for them ; that he should forget her and make his own world without her ? |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know why I 'm so bloody to her , ’ Marriage grumbled , ‘ except that she tolerates me . |
| 20 | They were vague shadowy figures , rather like her own mother had been , except that she remembered them slightly better because , when she had been about eight years old , Granny Tremayne had driven her over to Newquay where they had been staying . |
| 21 | ‘ She is n't important , never was important — except that she gave me a chance to get close to you again . ’ |
| 22 | There was nothing wrong with it except that she doubted it was true and was certain Holly was showing it to Maureen for approval . |
| 23 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |
| 24 | My mother has said many times in our adult life that although she loved our father and should have stood by him , as far as Richard was concerned , ‘ she could not help herself ’ . |
| 25 | It seemed far more important that David should understand and not be hurt than that she save her throat . |
| 26 | But I 'm sure that once she joins you in the pool she will find it easy enough to slip into the flow of things . |
| 27 | Because that 's the thing like , although if she did something a bit more traditional , it 'd probably please the likes of us but when you think , the kids that are doing it , if she says oh we 're doing something out of Starlight Express it 'll be aah ! |
| 28 | And always she was haunted by the knowledge that if she failed her mother would lose her home . |
| 29 | She had the terrible feeling that if she told her too much , gave her an excuse to poke and pry , somehow , all the safe fabric of their lives would be rent apart . |
| 30 | The fabric was so delicate that if she wore it without a brassiere you could just see the outline of her nipples . |