Example sentences of "she [be] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In protest , she 's leaving up the wooden boards across the window . |
| 2 | For 8 years she 's hired out the old gym near her home to local bands . |
| 3 | His wife is going round the bend , thinking he 's under suspicion , but I 'm sure she 's barking up the wrong tree . |
| 4 | In this state he or she is putting out the mixed messages , " I need you to help me … get away from me " . |
| 5 | Now she was acting out the ill-fitting role of a protective mother , and protective of what ? |
| 6 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 7 | She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold . |
| 8 | Then when she was going out the next day and I made no attempt to open it , she said ‘ Where 's yer manners ? ‘ |
| 9 | Once , it had seemed that the candle of her life would burn only till Christmas , and that it was towards that single point that she was spinning out the last hours of her life . |
| 10 | She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain . |
| 11 | She was pulling off the beautiful antique ring . |
| 12 | She was coming up the central passage between the rows of tables . |