Example sentences of "from [Wh det] she [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too strong-willed and forceful to remain easily in any slot into which a male-oriented Moslem society might force her , regarding marriage , certainly to a Moslem , as the ultimate form of prison , conducting life as a ceaseless battle for Home Rule and Independence , she sometimes found things too much for her and plunged into pits of despair , from which she would spring out again almost immediately with a soar and a vehemence which left Owen dazzled . |
| 2 | At the same time , in contrast to earlier eras , the housework is more likely to be carried out in isolation , without reference to others or without any external standard of comparison from which she might derive status or recognition for her particular skills as a cook or a housewife . |
| 3 | She heard readings from Hilton 's Scale of perfection , from which she may have absorbed her preoccupation with virginity . |
| 4 | Now unemployed , she lives on thirty four pounds a week from which she must pay for all her food and living expenses including some rent . |
| 5 | She was almost on top of the river before she realised that this was where the path was leading , and here she found another seat from which she could see a boat or two plaiting lazy fans of rippling wake through the smooth water . |
| 6 | The two were now inside the grille together and Mena Iskander had been given strict instructions to try to secure Miss Postlethwaite a seat from which she could see Zoser clearly and if possible his wife as well . |
| 7 | She has been feeding intensively in the neighbourhood , building up in her body the reserves from which she will produce her eggs . |
| 8 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 9 | For whatever it was in Underwood that attracted Clare , and that he himself lacked , seemed to derive from what she would call Underwood 's ‘ experience ’ , his ‘ maturity ’ — which meant quite simply , his sin . |
| 10 | Jay would not be shut out and from what she could tell , Lucy did n't want to shut her out . |
| 11 | It was n't a slum terrace , as she had expected , but from what she could make out through the moonlight they were good working-class houses , each with its small rectangle of iron-railed garden in front . |
| 12 | " Why does n't your father tell him to go ? " asked Clara , for from what she could recollect of Mr Denham , she could not picture him suffering fools gladly . |
| 13 | She had fur-backed gloves and high brown-polished boots , not shoes but boots , and from what she could see of them they looked serviceable , as if they really were worn for walking . |
| 14 | From what she could see , he was showing the children how to rig the boats . |
| 15 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 16 | But then , to Leith 's surprise , and , from what she could see , everyone else 's , he seemed to hesitate . |
| 17 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |