Example sentences of "woman who [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former solicitor general said that woman who bring false charges should be named . |
| 2 | A woman who fell 50 feet down a cliff was rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter after she was trapped on Burgh Island in Bigbury Bay , near Plymouth . |
| 3 | From nowhere she knew just as instinctively that the woman who married this man would always feel secure and cherished by his strength and kindness . |
| 4 | A woman who drinks smaller amounts is at less risk , but is still more likely to have a miscarriage than a non-drinker . |
| 5 | A WOMAN who suffered mysterious fits for five years before doctors identified the problem as epilepsy has started a support group to help others . |
| 6 | And since whatever happened he would have to take the London train , could he really expose her — a woman who had one child and so could surely have another — to the risk of her own fertility ? |
| 7 | It is one of the greatest examples of the age of a woman who had stern awareness that high birth was indeed a matter of high responsibility . |
| 8 | Jean Campbell , in 1817 , was an uneducated deaf person without any speech who could only write the initials of her name in reverse order , eg. C.J. She was an unmarried woman who had three children by different men , one of whom at the time of her arrest in April 1817 had been living with her as a common law husband but who had a few days earlier taken off the ring that he had given to her and which she wore on her finger in the fashion of a married woman , and had left home . |
| 9 | A nineteen-year-old Coventry woman who disowned any interest in feminism or politics — " I 'm just a fun girl , " — said she could never remember anybody talking about " the clitoris or orgasms ' . |
| 10 | He says , the wicked are like the tossing sea , and you know , as far the bible is concerned , the wicked is not necessarily the man or the woman who does terrible deeds , the wicked is not necessarily who is , who is a murderer , or a child molesterer , or a thief or or or a wife beater or something like that , the wicked is the person who rejects God , who turns their back on God , who says thank you , I can go through my life without , I do n't need you , I do n't even believe you exist , and even if I do believe you exist I 'm gon na do things my way , I 'm gon na go through life as I choose . |
| 11 | Mrs Wedderburn had been the piano accompanist , a reed of a woman who wore wire-framed spectacles and reputedly drank like a fish . |
| 12 | Lord Lawson , as he now is , gives many ‘ through the keyhole ’ insights into the woman who lived next door to him for six years , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 13 | A courageous and independent woman who expressed strong indignation at injustice , her passion for the causes she was committed to was tempered by a sense of mischief and an ability to take herself not too seriously . |
| 14 | A woman who waited three days for news of her husband while he was stranded without power or telephone lines in the American hurricane , now knows he 's safe and well . |
| 15 | I 'm jealous of Cherith , and of the woman who made these tapestries , and the voice on the phone . |
| 16 | Leelo Ross , a large woman who claims Lancastrian origins ( although it seemed highly unlikely that black pudding could be blamed on her proportions ) gave the audience an insight into among other things the ‘ Modern Jewish Woman ’ including driving Jewish style ; and the laconic Dembina delved deep to prove that even the most serious of subjects could be a source of humour . |
| 17 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 18 | An 81-year-old woman who collapsed two hours after a robber grabbed her handbag as she left the British Legion Club in Clapham , south London , was on a life-support machine at St Thomas 's Hospital yesterday with a suspected blood clot on the brain . |
| 19 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |
| 20 | The woman who gave this account thereafter changed her established way of life to become an activist in the Greenham Common protest against the siting there of cruise missiles . |
| 21 | Try telling that to a woman who bleeds five days in every month for thirty , thirty five , forty years of her life . |
| 22 | She had the name ‘ Sarva Khepi ’ given to her by the villagers , which means ‘ The woman who loves all things ’ . |
| 23 | Under this legislation , for the first time a married woman who paid full contributions became entitled to unemployment and sickness benefits at the same rate as her single sister . |
| 24 | Not to the haughty woman who used helpless people as pawns in her ambitious games . |
| 25 | ‘ No , ’ he said in a hard voice , ‘ quite frankly I ca n't imagine anything more disgusting than a woman who drops all semblance of pride to run after a man . ’ |
| 26 | She carefully avoided the personal for fear she might learn more about me … a lesbian , a woman who loved other women . |
| 27 | I knew I had to bring it to some kind of confession , but saying , ‘ I love you , ’ to a woman who loved another man ? |
| 28 | Any woman who has salmon-fishing relations or friends will appreciate the point of this dish . |
| 29 | The law says nothing as to a woman who has sexual intercourse with a man who is in a similar situation . |
| 30 | A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said : ‘ A woman who did some shopping for the couple dropped the items off at the house . |