Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a young female black-backed jackal first comes into heat she is followed by several young males , one of which she selects as her long-term partner . |
| 2 | She is supported in this by her husband . |
| 3 | You are entirely forbidden to touch Miss Abbott when she is dressed like this , entirely forbidden . |
| 4 | She is saving for another trip , probably in an informal group of friends . |
| 5 | She pauses , she is thinking of this scene ; Xanthe 's eyes widen . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher is an activist Prime Minister and her Press Office is keen that she is seen as such . |
| 7 | She is rescued from this fate however by Eros , the god of Love , who himself falls in love with her . |
| 8 | Financial arrangements have to be discussed as well , and the matter of her contribution to the household expenses has to be agreed upon , making sure that she is left with enough money each month for her clothing , personal expenses and pocket money . |
| 9 | If I tell you she is known by some here as ‘ Aunty ’ Muriel , you may get the picture . |
| 10 | She is going to some home , that is all , nothing could be less remarkable . |
| 11 | Only if an intervention is effective not only in eliminating this factor , but also in transforming the person 's lifestyle such that he or she is removed from this conveyor belt of risk , can the effects of the intervention be expected to be apparent ten or twenty years later . |
| 12 | But she is waiting with those wide blue peasant eyes of hers , nodding expectantly . |
| 13 | Trudi Pacter Living Doll ( Grafton ) Very much the Jackie Collins market and she is growing with each new book . |
| 14 | The devout and thankfully expressive countenance of the wife and mother is too admirably depicted to be overlooked or mistaken by anyone as she is occupied with those two most delightful of maternal duties , suckling her infant and teaching her child to pray to God . |
| 15 | A woman should never flirt with a man other than her husband , but this does not mean that she is oppressed in any way . |
| 16 | ‘ It is impossible that she can give her full concentration to this case if she is sitting under that sort of threat , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Find out why this part of you is clinging to this relationship . |
| 18 | It 's a shame that someone as obviously capable of expressing himself as you is given to such bursts of undisguised racism and ignorance . |
| 19 | The general rule is well established that if a person signs a document which contains contract terms , he/she is bound by those terms , provided that the document was presented for signature before the contract was concluded . |
| 20 | A man who advertised for a woman to live on a desert island with him is looking for another female travelling companion to repeat the trip . |
| 21 | Bearing in mind that the meaning of imagine is something like construct a mental image without solid evidence , consider : ( 75 ) ( 76 ) ( 75 ) gives a single ( complex ) element as subordinate to imagine ; consequently her is subjected to all the aspects of imagine just as much as red-haired . |
| 22 | We will save sense ( a ) for the section on causatives , as it is related to that of make . |
| 23 | The question is , to what extent does the notion of ( loose ) apposition , as it is defined by these criteria , play a role in such an explanation ? |
| 24 | Since crime , however it is defined in any particular society , always involves some degree of restraint on individual self-interest , our natural tendency is always towards deviation : we will , it seems , always choose the deviant alternative when it suits us and when we think we can get away with it . |
| 25 | By northern analysis of poly(A) + F9 EC RNA , the DP-1 transcript was estimated as 2.8 kilobases ( kb ) ( data not shown ) ; it is expressed in many different cell types and in a wide range of tissues during murine embryogenesis ( J.F.P. , P. Tassios and N.B.L.T , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 26 | The fiduciary relationship , if it is to exist at all , must accommodate itself to the terms of the contract so that it is consistent with , and conforms to , them . |
| 27 | It is prepared in such a manner that the questions are asked in exactly the same way of every respondent . |
| 28 | It is distinguished from all other pigs in that , instead of building a nest of leaves and grass , it lives in holes originally dug by another animal , the aardvark . |
| 29 | " It is stated to this Meeting that the Lint Miln is keep 'd in very bad order , and that it is insufficient to manufacture the Lint of the Parish independent of the Lint of the whole Island . |
| 30 | Yet it is condemned by some as inflexible to the point where it can not be a curriculum for all children . |