Example sentences of "[vb past] she [be] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then he had tried to stay away from her , and it seemed she was doing the same , which did nothing to cool his interest . |
| 2 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 3 | She realized she was humming a pop song to herself , and blushed . |
| 4 | We surfed that channel in half the time it normally takes and then towards the end of our Connemara trip , even after a couple of longer crossings where she admitted she was cursing the disappearing stern of my glassfibres boat , she wanted to buy the Seayak . |
| 5 | She fell silent for a moment and I saw she was watching the long heaving waves slip past our flanks . |
| 6 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 7 | Winnie Bailey , the soul of tact , frequently visited , did what she could in an unobtrusive way , but knew she was fighting a losing battle . |
| 8 | Several times , Bernice thought she was getting the better of him , only to realise that he was toying with her expectations and reactions . |
| 9 | The person started to read their paper on Moses , and I thought she was doing a good job of it , this guy suddenly got up and said , I 'm Jewish , I 'm not listening to any more of this , and stormed out . |
| 10 | And , well mummy thought she was doing a good |
| 11 | For a moment I thought she was going the same way as her father . |
| 12 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 13 | Once upon a time , she had been able to withstand Florentine summers better than any English woman she knew but of late they had begun to tire her , to make her feel that in everything she did she was pushing a large boulder up a hill . |
| 14 | But two days ago that appearent safety was threatened when a bogus health worker said she was making a four monthly check . |
| 15 | Had she been making a genuine decision to refuse the treatment , it would be necessary in a case such as this to find out if the patient had received any advice as to the consequences of a refusal to accept treatment . |