Example sentences of "which she [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made three trips , each time carrying a pair of heavy jugs which she emptied into a small copper hip bath : and each time increasingly aware of and responding to the gauntlet of Hope 's lust . |
| 2 | I remember Nora 's first postcard — which she sent in an envelope secretly to my office . |
| 3 | At the end of a long gold chain she carried a Georgian spyglass which she applied in a rather menacing manner to a small , beady eye . |
| 4 | The first time I visit the Ladies ' Pond , I exclaim to Kelly , ‘ It 's like a Fellini film , ’ to which she says in a lazy Scottish brogue , ‘ Perhaps … |
| 5 | But tossed about by a cruel world , Iris is not the sort of girl who quietly puts up with her destiny — just as the flower beneath which she reads for a moment , while a woman 's revenge wreaks horrible havoc in the final minutes , is not just an ordinary cactus . |
| 6 | She was always writing on little pieces of paper , which she kept in a locked drawer in her room , and every morning she got up surprisingly early to go down to the kitchen . |
| 7 | In d'Abreu ( Arthur ) v IRC [ 1978 ] STC 538 , it was held that where a parent released and assigned a right to income , which she had under a trust , for the benefit of her children , there was a sufficient disposition to come within s663 . |
| 8 | Two have since been found they were advertised for sale in Darlington but the third , which she had as a foal , is still missing . |
| 9 | At twelve he had a simple meal , cooked with natural foods and sea salt , which she hacked with a chisel from a damp sackful in the yard . |
| 10 | The scenery was fascinating ; mountains were beginning to appear in the distance , beckoning to her with a blue , misty enchantment , to which she responded with a longing she could n't believe she possessed . |
| 11 | A degree of light emanated from the silently hurtling water , which she felt as a force urging her forward , as though she were in its grip and swept along with it . |
| 12 | And he waved at the magnificent room , and her whole luxurious life which she knew beyond a doubt that she was willing to give up forever . |
| 13 | She was still exhausted from the night before , shattered from trying to keep up her bravado with Steve , trying not to let slip what she knew and trying to sound enthusiastic over Steve 's business plans for the future which she knew with a certainty she wanted no part of . |
| 14 | With guidance she picked a long , beaded dress with a side split and see-through sleeves , which she wore to a special anniversary dinner . |
| 15 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 16 | Despite her eighteen years , there was something about the petulant droop of her mouth that reminded one of a spoilt child ; but even so she was strikingly lovely , with her big dark eyes and mass of golden hair , which she wore in a coil at the nape of her neck . |
| 17 | Her dark , grey-streaked hair , which she wore in a long bob , had been cut by Vidal Sassoon and she wore a beautifully tailored black suit relieved only by a little white flounce at the neckline . |
| 18 | Mrs Addison was a bonny woman with a mass of dark hair which she wore in a coil . |
| 19 | Elizabeth Blackwell , the pioneer woman doctor , in The Human Element in Sex ( 1885 ) , rejected Acton 's denial of female sexuality , which she saw as an ‘ immense spiritual force of attraction … |
| 20 | We have a form of presidential government in which she operates like a sovereign in her court ’ , which is just about the most toughly worded formulation of the case for Mrs Thatcher as Queen Boadicea driving a chariot of conviction politics through the conventions of collective Cabinet government . |
| 21 | Lady Miriam said the princess will unveil a special plaque to mark the opening of the new hospice , which she describes as a vital addition to health care facilities in the area . |
| 22 | She runs the advertising for Phileas Fogg Snacks , Babycham and Shell which she describes as an interesting mixture . |
| 23 | Three putts cost her a stroke at the 18th , which she followed with an eagle three at the 430-yard first when her seven-iron second finished only two feet from the hole . |
| 24 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 25 | Every week she brought something which she arranged in a vase . |
| 26 | Her looks were sufficiently unusual to attract a second glance in spite of an aloof and rather intimidating expression which she cultivated as a form of defence against being the recipient of too much male attention . |
| 27 | Dressed in a flared skirt of fine wool which she topped with a shirt and a sweater , Fabia , with a jacket over her arm and too impatient to wait for the lift , hurried down the stairs to meet him . |
| 28 | But the welfare of home students , as they were known after 1889 , was her particular concern ; in 1894 she was appointed by the AEW as their principal , a post which she held on a voluntary basis until 1921 . |
| 29 | Karen welcomed this as further evidence of my tact and seriousness , which she ascribed to a sense of responsibility at the prospect of becoming the pater of a tiny foetus . |
| 30 | A dream in which she stood in a glorious , sweet-scented , flower-filled garden watching a tall , golden-haired man playing with beautiful blonde , blue-eyed children , all miniature replicas of himself . |