Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Now claiming dole with her husband Max , she wants to see massive investment in major community projects , such as hospital and school building and road improvements throughout the country . |
2 | But if she wants to attract new audiences this will not be achieved without a change of programming . |
3 | She has written various articles on medieval theatre . |
4 | I believe she has written other books , you know , though I am sure I do n't know what they are … . ’ |
5 | 233 seems to be that if a wife signs a security document at her debtor husband 's request , the creditor will be unable to enforce the security unless either the debtor or the creditor has taken positive steps to try and ensure that the wife understands the import of the security documents or unless she has obtained independent advice . |
6 | Apparently she has achieved similar success before , using brandy . |
7 | I 'VE DONE IT , MUM JUBILANT Sally ca n't believe she has beaten American rival Sandra Farmer-Patrick to the gold medal — and her mum and dad were quick to join in the celebrations . |
8 | She has suffered poor health from time to time , but has fought back to establish a variety of activities in her retirement including stewarding at a National Trust property and giving practice interviews to pupils from Tiverton school . |
9 | She has suffered ill health with cancer of the womb , leading to a hysterectomy , and also a heart problem . |
10 | Since qualifying as a Medau teachers in 1968 she has taught regular classes for adults , children and the mentally handicapped . |
11 | She has taught international seminars in Denmark , France , England , South Africa , Malaysia and Thailand , and all our members who attended the 1986 Coburg course were delighted to be taught by her there . |
12 | If a friend or colleague whose opinions you respect tells you that he or she has received beneficial treatment from a particular hypnotherapist , perhaps that is the one for you to consult . |
13 | Although Linda is not the youngest child to receive a liver , the Addenbrooke 's team carried out a successful transplant on a seven-month-old baby two years ago , her size and the fact that she has received previous surgery for her condition complicated the procedure . |
14 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
15 | She has hunted wild game , mainly roe deer and moose , and has had little impact on livestock . |
16 | She has made various publications on the subject of HIV infection/AIDS and hepatitis in haemophiliacs , including books of collected papers on hepatitis and blood product therapy . |
17 | Using a microcomputer for a loans system has proved a valuable introduction to new technology for this school librarian , in that she has gained new skills which can be used to exploit the resources of the school library . |
18 | On every anniversary of the crash she has picked small branches from the same tree and laid them on Day 's grave . |
19 | It is apparently most excusable to rape your wife if she has for a period refused sexual intercourse ‘ unjustifiably ’ or if she has refused sexual intercourse unless her housekeeping money were raised , or even , curiously , ‘ in order to win her back . ’ |
20 | I have naturally been very careful not to discover anything about it , but I have a feeling that she has commissioned little tributes from friends and childhood recollections from my sisters . |
21 | She has , however , had some successes after one year in office : she has reconciled warring groups of artists , set up a film theatre , found a home for the city 's picture-lending library , and appointed a theatre director . |
22 | Melanie , a working mother , is contracted to work four hours a day , but , said Bob , ‘ even though she has the time consuming task of caring for her baby , when the situation has arisen , she has worked full days in order to ensure the smooth running of her team . ’ |
23 | And she has adapted other people 's work : her dramatisation of Anne Fine 's Goggle-Eyes is currently showing on BBC2 . |
24 | Susie Cooper 's career as a talented designer goes back more than 60 years , during which she has won international acclaim . |
25 | Storey 's move away from obsessive designer lifestyles — she has won widespread acclaim for her classic , well-cut women 's range — may not be as adventurous as some would hope , but real dedication to recycling clothes comes from hippier quarters . |
26 | She has held visiting teaching appointments at several universities , served as a research associate for Early Christian art at the Institute of Fine Arts , and is assisting curators at the Pierpont Morgan Library in preparing an exhibition of Armenian manuscripts . |
27 | She has pioneered Conductive Style groups in Hong Kong with PMLD children who live permanently in hospital . |
28 | At Benjamin Rhodes there are new paintings by Tricia Gilman ( to 24 April ) , abstract tapestries of paint into which she has introduced charming pictograms of her young son and his world of toys , flowers and butterflies . |
29 | While she occupies an isolated public position she has drawn great comfort from her two children , Princes William and Harry , who are undoubtedly the two most important people in her life . |
30 | In order to do this , he or she has to have considerable experience of the advertising business , and may well have spent some time working for a client company . |