Example sentences of "she [vb -s] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She avows a joy in the handling of materials and the studio 's non high-tech tools . |
| 2 | The explanation can not be in terms of Carol 's lack of competence in Creole , since she displays a knowledge of Creole forms throughout the conversation . |
| 3 | She drinks a litre-carton of orange juice a day which contributes around 350 calories . |
| 4 | Twenty years of Arthur , her doggedly dull hypochondriac husband , have taken their toll and , in the mood for a dramatic gesture , she books a room in the ghastly hotel where they spent their wedding night with the intention of committing suicide . |
| 5 | She offers a sense of discovery as well as cosiness . |
| 6 | By emphasizing every defect in her body , she offers a challenge to polite culture . |
| 7 | In this fascinating introductory Sideshow , she offers a number of choice things that range from small , long drop , earrings in silver and in pine that is coloured either red or green and retail at £10 a pair , to much larger things such as the brass and oxidised copper weighing Scales with their central zigzag column motif that will set you back a mere £270 . |
| 8 | She may shock , or upset ; but to women she represents a power with which they want to be in touch , as their birthright , one that operates naturally in the medium of night , when all the duties of day are left behind . |
| 9 | The key worker acts as an advocate — he or she represents a client in drawing up a care plan or at any discussion where clients may not be able to speak for themselves . |
| 10 | So she transforms a pair of rubber gloves or some rusty nails into eloquent allegories , or simply into new , surprising forms . |
| 11 | She points a finger to the bedroom door . |
| 12 | She thinks a man like me learns his sexuality like someone learns to ride a bicycle or learns how to swim . |
| 13 | ‘ She thinks a lot of you , you know . |
| 14 | It is not as she thinks a desire to ‘ make the most of it ’ , to somehow claim importance , but rather a recognition that in this oppressive society women need the care and emotional support of other women . |
| 15 | Then she produces a key from her own jacket pocket , and lets herself in , to crouch down behind the driver 's seat . |
| 16 | Jean 's landed safely in Sunderland and its return means she wins a trip to London to see Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat . |
| 17 | Sandra Djwa argues that ‘ its lost ideals ’ are reworked as a Neo-Hasidic myth , and comments that ‘ the poet as priest is forced beyond Genesis ’ ( sic ) ; elsewhere she adds a description of Leonard as ‘ the exiled poet priest of The Spice-Box Of Earth . ’ |
| 18 | Sylvia 's journey to truth begins when she writes a novel about incest in 1972 , she gave herself a clue in calling the book Pandora . |
| 19 | She writes a letter to us just this morning — she is ill , she can not sing tonight ! ’ |
| 20 | She wants a decision by Sunday . ’ |
| 21 | She wants a day in bed , she , breakfast in bed today . |
| 22 | My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps . |
| 23 | I mean , erm she actually then chooses to walk up and down the third storey erm couple of pages later , Jane , when she wants a bit of solitude . |
| 24 | She wants a bit of peace and quiet . |
| 25 | She wants a couple of them she , well she said get June to get me one of those . |
| 26 | " And when she says she wants a baby in the house , I do her the credit of believing her . " |
| 27 | She wants a tin of soup she says . |
| 28 | Having done this , you can begin by making sure that she is not left alone at all at first in her emotionally collapsed condition , unless she clearly indicates that she wants a period of solitude . |
| 29 | She wants a phalanx of allies at her back before she climbs those stairs again . |
| 30 | She wants a copy of the book when it 's published . ’ |