Example sentences of "she [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She recommended that a meeting with Social Services would be helpful to alert them to the ‘ dynamics ’ of this family and to advise them that ‘ as professionals we were anxious that we had not managed to engage and intervene within the family and explore deficits in the parenting role ’ . |
| 2 | Last February , acting on the report she recommended that a new four hundred million dollar contract be awarded to G Tec for a replacement system , there were no other bidders . |
| 3 | The other woman , as if torn between a friend whose authority she respected and a husband whom she loved , explained with melancholy , ‘ What can I do , that 's how he is ! |
| 4 | All the lots are unoccupied , or so she thinks until a pair of green plastic curtains suddenly swishes around the car , enfolding them in a cave of green plastic gloom and she becomes aware of other cars and bodies breathing behind green silences . |
| 5 | She concludes that a mix of information-giving , teaching techniques and counselling may be required for any one patient . |
| 6 | The question raised by the Law Lords on the Circuit who referred it to the High Court was whether despite being deaf and dumb and uneducated , did the defendant know the difference between right and wrong , did she know that a consequence of guilt was punishment , and did she have the power of communicating her thoughts ? |
| 7 | In the study carried out by Blackmore she found that a cotton towel removed bacteria more efficiently than did paper towels but concluded that both types of towel were far superior to warm air drying methods . |
| 8 | She added that a mother and child , thought to be inside the shop at the time , were among the dead . |
| 9 | She says that a farming museum is an obvious addition to the group . |
| 10 | Doreen Copas announces two new classes in Hertfordshire , taught by Jean Porter ( QT ) and Frances Judd ( T-in-T ) and she says that a coachload of HErts enthusiasts went to the Albert Hall to Celebrate Age ; Pat Keen , Joan Legge and another cornwall member also enjoyed watching the 55+ Medau Team perform . |
| 11 | Anna Ford has often said that she believed that a woman should have had a role on our Election Night programmes . |
| 12 | Abruptly she noticed that a man was hiding in the undergrowth and some recollection of the carefree days of her life before the siege must have stirred in her . |
| 13 | She comments that a postbiblical ( sic ) feminist stance ‘ too quickly concedes that women have no authentic history within biblical religion ’ . |
| 14 | Giggling like a child , rueful self-mockery etched on every line of her face , she applauded when a shout went up , joined in the disappointed groans when it proved a false alarm , commiserated with a rather determined little girl who had wandered into her own area of search and who thought she should have found one by now , and , thoroughly amused , by herself as much as by others , she whole-heartedly entered into the spirit of the thing . |
| 15 | She stated that a wise woman would choose her mate on the basis of his qualities of character . |
| 16 | Doi emphasized the party 's policy of maintaining the alliance " for the time being " , but she stated that a Socialist-led coalition would " restrict " the country 's defence forces and suspend joint US-Japan military manoeuvres , with the intention of reducing and eventually removing all US bases from Japan . |
| 17 | Speaking to 300 people at a national Labour Party rally at the Dolphin Centre , she vowed that a Labour government would set up 6,000 nursery and after school places in its first two years . |
| 18 | 'Mind my yoghurt' , she squeals when a workmate squeezes her breasts . |
| 19 | The infant Elizabeth will learn that being promised a sweet for behaving herself will result in more than the mere probability of its arrival ; the penny will have dropped when she realises that a promise entitles her to the reward — it is her due , to which she has a right . |
| 20 | It was only by trial and error that she discovered that a product developed for milk-sensitive human babies was the ideal elephant food . |
| 21 | These days , when she occasionally took over from Annunciata and brushed Mrs Browning 's hair , she marvelled that a woman so much older than herself should still have such black , black hair with only a very few silver threads in it ( which she was instructed to pull out ) . |
| 22 | When she heard that a mere layman had had the effrontery to advise on civil service matters , she went to see the Minister on the following day to tender her resignation . |
| 23 | During a raid in March she heard that a bomb had dropped on a burning building , killing six firemen and injuring others . |
| 24 | When she heard that a particular decision had not yet been implemented she telexed Moira , complaining : ‘ BA would be very annoyed if he heard it had not been done . ’ |
| 25 | She decided that a man of sixty years ' experience who , when surprised , let so much of his thoughts show in his face was probably not a very good banker . |
| 26 | It was decided to take the deceased to hospital by car , but on the way she collapsed and a police officer from a local police station made an emergency call urgently requesting an ambulance . |
| 27 | Later concerning pedestrians , she hopes that a pedestrian requiring an eight second gap to cross a stream of 600 veh/hr will not be delayed for more than 30 seconds . |
| 28 | ‘ Miss Claybury , the most successful way to treat insanity is with kindness , ’ James told her when she insisted that a particularly deranged woman of middle age should remain chained by the ankle to her bed . |
| 29 | Being English , she thought that a sure way of bestowing pleasure on strangers was to compliment them on their dogs . |
| 30 | She knew that a CBE would have meant that she could have styled herself Commander Carter , which is a lovely joke — but one to be resisted . |