Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cor she 's getting a fluffy coat is n't she , now ? |
| 2 | She 's wearing a yellow paisley dress and she smells of flour . |
| 3 | She 's wearing a white dress . |
| 4 | Frustratingly , the habit persists even when she 's holding a strong hand . |
| 5 | I do n't remember it being that much last year , but she 's using a different board this year so maybe that 's something to do with it . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's doing a good job on sorting this Huerter thing , too . |
| 7 | But I think she 's doing a good job of bringing Thomas up I must say . . |
| 8 | ‘ I gather she 's making a great success of the English branch of the business . ’ |
| 9 | Now she 's opening a new science block as part of a two million pound development at Barnwood Park School in Gloucester . |
| 10 | you know , if she 's covering a whole area . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's in the cottage hospital , still unconscious as far as I know — I 've left one of my boys there in case she comes to , but she 's running a high temperature and they 're afraid of bronchial pneumonia . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's having a good time , ’ Nevil laughed . |
| 13 | When Mother Pig tells Tottie that she 's having a new baby , and that it might arrive on Tottie 's birthday , Tottie is n't very happy . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's having a bad day , ’ came the wry explanation . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |
| 16 | She 's launching a unique register that will hold information on every horse in three counties . |
| 17 | Jancey is talking all the time , like she 's coaxing a wounded dog . |
| 18 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
| 19 | It 's terribly unfashionable , so it 's getting a new coat of paint at the Old Fire Station In Oxford . |
| 20 | That 's it , it 's getting a little bit annoying . |
| 21 | The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time . |
| 22 | It 's taking a long time to heal . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly . |
| 24 | Alpha Microsystems has written off its Italian and French subsidiaries and will be closing them soon , citing poor margins and continuous losses : as a result it 's taking a non-recurring charge in the second quarter , ended August 30 , and posting net losses of $3m , or 99 cents a share , on sales of $12.9m , up 9% . |
| 25 | For businesses affected by the strike , it 's proving a long wait . |
| 26 | Keep your ropes tight chaps , it 's moving a little bit now . |
| 27 | plastic cover to try and keep it nice it 's looking a little bit er worse for wear . |
| 28 | Now the body that controls all prescribed medicines in the UK has written to the McConnell 's telling them it 's conducting a detailed investigation into the effects of this type of steroid on the immune system . |
| 29 | It 's transferring a limited provision of legal aid into a grant to an auth to an organisation which it controls and funds , which is not allowed to do the work that is currently done under the legal aid scheme . |
| 30 | It 's asking a good deal , but rather a lot depends on it . ’ |