Example sentences of "she [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the female is of a different species , she emits a buzz and the male flies off to try his luck elsewhere . |
| 2 | She avows a joy in the handling of materials and the studio 's non high-tech tools . |
| 3 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 4 | She signs a contract , is given a generous clothes and household goods allowance . |
| 5 | The explanation can not be in terms of Carol 's lack of competence in Creole , since she displays a knowledge of Creole forms throughout the conversation . |
| 6 | She unwraps a blue one , revealing a dozen capsules — orange and turquoise . |
| 7 | Neither are the risks merely physical when she encourages a direct association between looking at her art and consuming food and drink , but the vast array of psychological dynamics which can motivate purchases as humble as a cup of coffee guarantees that the decision to choose one bar over another is often less casual than browsing through galleries . |
| 8 | She nurses a vodka and orange and sits still with long stockinged legs turned inwardly but not awkwardly . |
| 9 | In the course of the show she plays a young child ( Mamillius ) , a passionate middle-aged woman ( Paulina ) and a comic old man ( the shepherd ) with a verisimilitude that beggars belief . |
| 10 | Here she plays a boy/girl foundling from Alaska who falls in love with a middle-aged female émigré from East Berlin . |
| 11 | Victoria , 39 , repeats the role in her Christmas special tomorrow when she plays a pram-pushing mother in a skit on daytime magazine programmes . |
| 12 | Tonight she plays a call girl sharing a flat with actress Tara Fitzgerald . |
| 13 | And she filmed Just Like a Woman , on general release later this month , in which she plays a woman who falls in love with a transvestite . |
| 14 | She plays a daredevil policewoman who goes undercover to catch a murderer in New York 's tight orthodox Jewish community . |
| 15 | The bassoonist in the orchestra does so every time she plays a note . |
| 16 | Mer-doll and T-shirt opportunities appear to be limitless ; making balance-sheet splashes are Disney 's The Little Mermaid and the upcoming Cher movie Mermaids — a tail story in which she plays a single mother of two who leads a less-than-respectable love life . |
| 17 | Jen might think she 's a bit tarty but she plays a tarty bit in it does n't she ? |
| 18 | 6 She drives a knee kick into the attacker 's groin . |
| 19 | She cries a lot and is not putting on weight . |
| 20 | She cries a lot and is not putting on weight . |
| 21 | She cries a lot . |
| 22 | When it is on , her weight plummets , she ca n't sleep , she cries a lot . |
| 23 | ‘ At this time of the year she sleeps a great deal , ’ said Simon . |
| 24 | Her little eyes look up at me so trustfully , and she sleeps a lot and rarely cries . |
| 25 | In her incisive essay she nips a few Icons of Feminist Art Theory in the ankle . |
| 26 | She drinks a litre-carton of orange juice a day which contributes around 350 calories . |
| 27 | Twenty years of Arthur , her doggedly dull hypochondriac husband , have taken their toll and , in the mood for a dramatic gesture , she books a room in the ghastly hotel where they spent their wedding night with the intention of committing suicide . |
| 28 | She offers a sense of discovery as well as cosiness . |
| 29 | By emphasizing every defect in her body , she offers a challenge to polite culture . |
| 30 | She offers a persuasive and very interesting hypothesis , as yet unsubstantiated , to which classroom research could usefully be directed . |