Example sentences of "she by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 2 | Christine I said we 'd meet her by the baked beans so |
| 3 | To symbolise her new life , her new role defined for her by the male rule-makers of society , a girl may even be given a new name on marriage . |
| 4 | The path to salvation is eventually shown her by the unwitting Messiah figure Hussein , an East African poet who speaks in metaphors and proverbs . |
| 5 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 6 | The Diggorys were long abed , and Hector shut up in her little room , but candles had been left for her by the front door . |
| 7 | Midge had been waiting out in the studio for five hours , fortified by cups of tea brought to her by the friendly police constables . |
| 8 | On Dec. 31 , 1989 , Aquino announced sweeping Cabinet changes in an attempt to deal with some of the charges made against her by the rebel soldiers , with nine new appointees taking over key government posts [ see p. 37121 ] . |
| 9 | If he 'd hoped to placate her by the teasing compliment then he achieved the opposite . |
| 10 | And his ecstasy had soon become her ecstasy , an electrochemical fuel that had ignited in her , burning away all the taint of that earlier false frenzy enforced on her by the Harlequin man . |
| 11 | Innocent that she was , for all the sophistication conferred on her by the great world in which she had once lived , she readily agreed to Rose 's suggestion , and when they had parted Rose took care to remind her of her promise . |
| 12 | He had released her from his embrace , his hands merely holding her by the upper arms , and she sagged against him , trembling too violently to stand unaided , her knees buckling . |
| 13 | Lady Londonderry was greatly admired at the Russian Court and some of the Londonderry family jewels — the Down Diamonds and the parure and cross were given to her by the Russian Emperor Alexander I. |
| 14 | But they had made her feel restless with their talk and it was in that mood that she 'd let the landlord get close to her by the open landing window as he was bringing up some more beer . |
| 15 | Another is a concerto written for her by the British composer Derek Bourgeois . |
| 16 | … she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit ( Matt . |
| 17 | She recovered the parish file given her by the diocesan office and spread the meagre contents out on Bishop Julian 's desk . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm glad she waited for the wedding to be over , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in Theda 's ear , as she joined her by the French windows that had been opened to the terrace outside . |
| 19 | When Sandra was nearly fourteen her mother had suddenly grabbed hold of her by the knobbly clothes-prop in the sloping garden and delivered up the one piece of advice that had been fermenting in that already greying head for decades . |