Example sentences of "she is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 2 | He goes to me , so she said , yeah but she does n't want to come , and he says yeah but Grant says she is does n't he |
| 3 | In doing so she is reviving the ‘ great divide ’ theory that has been so discredited by social anthropologists and sociolinguists . |
| 4 | I tell her she is singing , ‘ I am your woman and you are my man . |
| 5 | If someone was making a confession about an unfaithful lover , and was on the edge of tears , people would often say , listen , darling , this woman knows what she is singing about . |
| 6 | The elders are in position behind some bushes , and she is singing a sweet romantic song of youth and yearning . ’ |
| 7 | Whatever words she is singing must be important . |
| 8 | • What do I do if an employee says she is expecting a baby ? |
| 9 | She is in the early stages of pregnancy , her belly gently swelling inside her pink dress , and she tells me with obvious delight that she is expecting a summer bambino . |
| 10 | She is expecting to be met by a local member of Committee staff and so is not surprised when a young Thai dressed formally in dark trousers and white short-sleeved shirt and carrying a dark peaked cap comes up to her and says , ‘ Excuse me , you are waiting for some-one ? ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes , too , it is possible to make the mistake of thinking that she is expecting us to come up with all the answers when , often , all she wants is the opportunity to state the problem to someone who understands and will not criticise her . |
| 12 | The 36 year old former Eurythmics star — who announced yesterday that she is expecting a baby in the New Year — and a 20-strong film crew hired a Grade 1 listed building in central London to shoot her latest video . |
| 13 | YOUNG mum Angie Wilson is praying for a speedy end to her homeless heartache for she is expecting a third baby in just nine weeks time . |
| 14 | Strange and really beautiful though she is , still with the fairy air about her and her pretty little head so fine , she is ruined . |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you , but my maid will do so ; she is drinking tea in the servants ’ quarters , and will come as soon as she is sent for . ’ |
| 16 | Having performed a healing miracle , she is packed off to a remote convent . |
| 17 | She is opinionated , and can confidently predict that William Burroughs , whose books have me aching with boredom , will be read a hundred years from now . |
| 18 | She can volley , too , which means she is developing into a fine all-court player . ’ |
| 19 | The first , brief account of her long love for Kallikrates which Ayesha gives to Leo Vincey and his guardian in She is expanded in Wisdom 's Daughter to emphasise this spirituality and to excuse her sin as being due to the inexorable power of love . |
| 20 | as if she were putting the same reel of film back in the projector , she ran through the whole scene once again : she is speaking to the visitor , Paul is watching them with astonishment , and the guest is saying : ‘ In your next life , do you want to stay together or never meet again ? ’ |
| 21 | When she first begins to talk , she uses two different types of speech : egocentric speech , a kind of monologue , when she chatters on without bothering to know whom she is speaking to or even whether they are listening ; and socialized speech , a sign of growing maturity and decentring , when she tries to carry on a conversation , reacting to what the other person says . |
| 22 | She is played , as is her double , by Irene Jacob , and the enchantment of the film owed much to her personality ; she is not only beautiful , she communicates beauty . |
| 23 | Violet Kray is the heroine of the film , and she is played by Billie Whitelaw with a warmth which is completely credible and endearing . |
| 24 | For her subjects it will undoubtedly confirm our respect and affection for her as a person ; but , more importantly , by its sequential emphasis , it reasserts the awesome spiritual power with which she is invested . |
| 25 | Every choreographer must have a motive if he or she is to give proper thought , impetus and significance to the movements made by the dancers whether : they are telling a story ; describing and/or expressing the thoughts behind a theme ; or interpreting music either by expressing personal feelings about the melody and rhythm or by so framing the dance that it parallels the music and reveals its structure . |
| 26 | ‘ … we do get a few complaints — generally from male tourists whose culture is much more restrictive than ours , and who have mistakenly assumed that when a young woman displays herself naked on a beach she is inviting their carnal attentions . |
| 27 | But if I know her she is composing something more like an entry in a good encyclopaedia , or perhaps a chapter in her own book . |
| 28 | According to this account , the learning process is determined by the innate structure of the learner operating upon the specific organisation of whichever human language he or she is exposed to . |
| 29 | Donna Anna , daughter of the murdered Commendatore , lacks any sense of humour : she is aiming to be a heroine of high drama ; while Donna Elvira , one of Giovanni 's cast-offs , is a genuinely tragic figure : mocked by all and in danger of losing her reason , she remains touchingly faithful to the lover who has abandoned her . |
| 30 | She is aiming to raise up to £1,000 for the charity Relate . |