Example sentences of "from [Wh det] she [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , who had always helped lame dogs , now refused the many helping hands that were held out to her , because they only hauled her back , temporarily , into a life of comfort from which she would later have to return to reality . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 5 | She heard readings from Hilton 's Scale of perfection , from which she may have absorbed her preoccupation with virginity . |
| 6 | High ladders from which she must not look down ? |
| 7 | This was all a nightmare from which she must one day awake . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the exercise of his power of arrest , it was perfectly proper for the constable to have taken into account that ‘ there was a greater likelihood … that Mrs Mohammed-Holgate would respond truthfully to questions about her connection with or knowledge of the burglary , if she were questioned under arrest at the police station , than if , without arresting her , questions were put to her … at her own home from which she could peremptorily order [ him ] to depart at any moment ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Alone again , Belinda returned to her original plan and successfully reached the chair in the corner of the room , from which she could quietly observe the other guests without too much fear of attracting attention . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She has been feeding intensively in the neighbourhood , building up in her body the reserves from which she will produce her eggs . |
| 14 | She is imprisoned within massive earthen walls from which she can never escape for her body is far too big to get through the passages that lead to it . |
| 15 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Jay would not be shut out and from what she could tell , Lucy did n't want to shut her out . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | " 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 . |
| 22 | From what she could see , he was showing the children how to rig the boats . |
| 23 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 24 | But then , to Leith 's surprise , and , from what she could see , everyone else 's , he seemed to hesitate . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |