Example sentences of "she [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She insists the gruelling teaching process is fun but warns : ‘ Patience is most important for the training . ’ |
| 2 | Although Dominique remains in happy ignorance of mechanics , she appreciates the fabled BMW ride , all bumps ironed out by immaculate suspension , reliable road holding and a six-cylinder engine . |
| 3 | She plays the elderly Dame Lettie Colston , a committee lady and general busybody who starts what develops into a witchhunt when she finds herself the telephone caller 's first target . |
| 4 | She plays the eponymous heroine who leaves Liverpool and her chips and egg hubby ( Bernard Hill ) and heads for Greece , where she discovers sun , fun and Tom Conti . |
| 5 | She plays the suburban Mafia wife , Angela , who wants to break the tedium of living with her macho hired-gun husband , Alec Baldwin . |
| 6 | She drives the wretched boy Kit , who has a platonic devotion to her , to attempt suicide by persistently upsetting him with ambitions for a stage career , for which he has no vocation . |
| 7 | Superbly , she evokes the fragile communion of the other and of herself in her ineluctable trajectory . |
| 8 | with the red hat , and she dyes the red hat |
| 9 | She represents the ordinary Japanese who believed what was reported : first , that Manchuria was an idealistic experiment in Asian co-operation ; and , later , that Japan was winning the Pacific war . |
| 10 | For the devotees She is indulgence incarnate and She represents the divine grace that delivers creatures from worldly distress and bondage . |
| 11 | Though , as we have seen , once there she fulfils the traditional roles of provider of food , nurse and comforter . |
| 12 | ‘ And she thinks the leaking vessels are in the same places as before , which I suppose is good news . |
| 13 | She thinks the big issues are grist to self-appointed mills . |
| 14 | Erm I 'm g one thing I 'm gon na do is ask if she 'll flag major changes when she produces the new telephone directories . |
| 15 | American producers are taking a great interest in her , and her career is sure to take off whether or not she wins the coveted statuette . |
| 16 | I think she wants the new stuff . |
| 17 | She wants the private details of my affair with Raisa . ’ |
| 18 | [ Betty ] Sinclair adopted a ‘ cross that bridge when we come to it ’ attitude , which means that she wants the back door left open for a sell-out . |
| 19 | ‘ She wants the quiet kind . ’ |
| 20 | Having looked briefly at a number of issues — under-fives , black children in care , adoption and fostering , and young offenders — and highlighted problems such as the disproportionate custody decisions concerning young black people , she challenges the current position on policy and practice . |
| 21 | She supervises the pre-felting embroidery , keeps an eye on stock , trains people to work the machine . |
| 22 | At the time she was on six months ' leave from WWF International 's Swiss office , where she heads the conservation news service and edits WWF News . |
| 23 | She has the rare gift of being able to take a joke against herself , and her command of words and easy rapport enable her to come up with a quick response to most situations . |
| 24 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 25 | She has the final word on whether they are put into action or not . |
| 26 | Clinton denial : Hillary Clinton dismissed as ‘ nonsense ’ rumours that she has the final say on all of her husband 's high-level government appointments . |
| 27 | I do n't think she has the faintest idea what it would mean to marry a chap without private means , and if she did , I 'm afraid she 'd change her mind . ’ |
| 28 | She has the best groundstrokes in the women 's game and she is still only 17 . |
| 29 | ‘ She has the right instincts , ’ she said . |
| 30 | In operational terms , someone has a need for health care if he or she has the appropriate indications for the intervention in question . |