Example sentences of "which she [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Her duty — a duty in which she took consummate pride — was to ensure the smooth running of The Tamarisks . |
2 | Then there had been another science during which she took periodical gulps of her tea and the sleeping baby stirred and gave small pig-like grunts . |
3 | It is reported that police were satisfied that the wife acted under duress in the various crimes in which she got involved in . |
4 | His decision was prompted by Mrs Thatcher 's vehemently expressed opposition to proposals for monetary union at a recent European Community summit in Rome and a strident populist performance in Parliament in which she displayed considerable hostility to the idea of European integration . |
5 | There was a lot about Nona that made her very vulnerable indeed , and which she seemed unaware of . |
6 | He was acutely conscious of the touch of Madeleine 's hand , which she seemed disinclined to remove . |
7 | There was a fractional gap in time in which she went blind and deaf and limp , a second that was almost a miniature swoon in essence , but so infinitesimal that she was n't even aware of the fleeting relief , the madness in her again instantly , the craving , unbearably heightened by this first knowledge of his nakedness in contact with hers . |
8 | The series , in which she plays tough-talking Tessa , opposite millionaire boyfriend Adam Faith , has been a smash hit with viewers , attracting an audience of more than 10 million . |
9 | Then came the war , the Nome Guard and the black market , and anti-Jewish feeling which she thought stupid . |
10 | Beatrice Webb believed that the retention of a voluntary element in the social services would render them inefficient at exercising the ‘ element of compulsion and disciplinary supervision ’ over the clients which she thought essential for their improvement . |
11 | She ate the slice of her landlady 's home-made fruit cake , which she thought delicious , and she drank the tea that had milk in it , and which she thought only fit for the uncivilized . |
12 | It came out huskily and she cleared her throat quickly , to say in a light , clear tone which she hoped betrayed nothing , ‘ He did n't even tell me about his marriage ! ’ |
13 | The 28-year-old singer did not even wear a wedding dress for the service , which she kept secret from most of her friends . |
14 | There was always schoolteaching , of course , but that would entail the tiresome business of acquiring a Postgraduate Certificate of Education , or else working in the independent sector , to which she had ideological objections . |
15 | Like most expatriate wives Molly Fletcher had a collection of sound and video cassettes which she had pre-recorded at home . |
16 | But indoors meant her thoughts and Piers , neither of which she felt strong enough to endure , so she grimaced at the weather and resolutely plodded into the village , dripping over the telephone as she called the one and only astrologer listed in the directory . |
17 | From the apron or uniform she wore to the testimonial of good behaviour or ‘ character ’ , without which she became unemployable , everything about her symbolised a relation of power and subjection . |
18 | After her husband 's death in 1947 she co-founded the Albert Howard Foundation , which in 1953 merged with the Soil Association , of which she became honorary life vice-president . |
19 | There was a long pause , in which she became aware once more of the noise of the rotors overhead , and the grey , glinting surface of the Thames so far below . |
20 | Then I said I was here with the family and she announced she was having a party for the local English , ‘ a rather disgusting barbecue ’ which she knew young people liked , and she supposed we 'd better come along . |
21 | We were showing a Jessie Matthews film called Evergreen , one of her first films , in which she wore long silk stockings . |
22 | Kollwitz ‘ diary consisted of ten books in which she wrote detailed accounts of her artistic practice and other experiences . |
23 | She also wore large red-frame glasses , although she wore them on top of her head , as if to keep in place the shock of ginger-red red hair which she 'd rubber-banded into a pony tail down most of the length of her back . |
24 | The tiles which she painted possessed great potential in kitchen design , he had informed her . |
25 | With noble , fine-boned features that have brought comparisons with Audrey Hepburn , she could have gone to Hollywood but has chosen British projects which she feels mean something — though she has routinely worked for the mere promise of a salary at some future point when the films make money . |
26 | Make sure that you measure a skirt belonging to the recipient , in which she feels happy . |
27 | Her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercising : huge amounts of daily exercise , without which she feels panic-stricken and lost . |
28 | Cruzan , 33 , had been in an irreversible coma since a 1983 car accident in which she suffered severe brain damage . |
29 | She wears a pink suede jacket with a studded fringe which she takes great care to hang . |
30 | Ms Fahey departed from her employment in the Decca Records press office in order to become a co-founder of the seminal trio , Bananarama , with which she enjoyed multiple success ‘ singer ’ lieder such as ‘ Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye ’ and ‘ Robert De Niro 's Waiting ’ . |