Example sentences of "she be [v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there is another man and she has told Paul that frankly she 's lapping up the attention . |
| 2 | Yes , well there is another man and she 's told Paul frankly she 's lapping up the attention , he 's taking her out for meals and their having a good time together you know , why its great , but as soon as he 's paid for , for the goods and got , got the goods , the chaps going to go off looking for another . |
| 3 | She 's still a little unsure on those tacks , she 's easing out the mainsheet as she goes round . |
| 4 | She is sorting out the conundrum of being a ‘ high grade ’ in hospital and a ‘ person with a disability ’ in the community . |
| 5 | Or she will write to say that she is giving up the family house and moving away . |
| 6 | She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer . |
| 7 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 8 | She was picking up the knack . |
| 9 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 10 | She was hanging about the waterfront when she heard steps behind her . |
| 11 | She was screwing up the courage to suggest she cook him a meal over the weekend when he glanced at his watch . |
| 12 | Barefooted and bare-armed , she was bringing in the cows from the fields for milling . |
| 13 | The van would arrive every evening to give food to the homeless living on the streets and she was serving up the soup when she saw a man sitting in the doorway . |
| 14 | She was holding up the collar of her blouse and gradually twisting it . |
| 15 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |
| 16 | Well I think , she said she was going down the shops , so I said ah can you just wait just a sec , I 'll go and get my wallet and I 'll be down she said not to worry she 'd got money anyway whe when I got there she bumped to Maggi and then you 'd gone and then |
| 17 | She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling . |
| 18 | In no time at all , she was hurrying down the hallway towards the nursery , where she swept in to announce , ‘ It 's such a glorious day , Mr Turnbull , I think we 'll cut short Richard 's lessons and I 'll take him out in the sunshine . ’ |
| 19 | She was fighting back the tears , and her throat hurt . |
| 20 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 21 | She was sweeping out the yard while Bella cooked the lunch and sang to the baby . |
| 22 | She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money . |
| 23 | Maybe she was warming up the showers . |
| 24 | Making her way to the bookcase , she was weighing up the possibility of reading the title spines without putting on the light when a table-lamp was clicked on at the other end of the room . |
| 25 | Mrs Richards pretended to sleep , but Shelley could tell by the tightly closed eyes and the hard lines at the corners of her mouth that she was shutting out the world because it was hurting again . |
| 26 | The sound indicated that she was coming down the mast . |