Example sentences of "she was [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Grand Prix title could bring her earnings in just one week to an unprecedented £120,000 nice work for a girl who last year was considering taking up a full-time job because she was struggling to make a living on the Grand Prix circuit . |
| 2 | Veronica put down the knife she was using to butter a muffin , and looked at her . |
| 3 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 4 | When BA and BCal merged in 1987 , she was determined to become a Concorde pilot and despite stiff opposition finally achieved her goal yesterday . |
| 5 | She was determined to make a go of this new house , in which she felt so much more cheerful , and understood fully how much depended on Mr Landor 's tractability . |
| 6 | Even so , she was determined to have a go . |
| 7 | They did n't often have a chance to leave the pub together , but this afternoon she was determined to have a family outing , so as soon as the dinner-things were washed up , they had come for a walk to the Island Gardens . |
| 8 | At her entrance exam she was asked to recite a poem to the interviewers . |
| 9 | From the first time she was asked to canter a figure-of-eight she knew that one always cantered a figure-of-eight ; and so when she was asked to trot one instead , she became increasingly anxious , excited , irrational , and disobedient . |
| 10 | But after she had been there three weeks , she was asked to make a house call . |
| 11 | She was asked to read a passage , told " You " ll do " , and started immediately as a reading girl . |
| 12 | They did n't treat her badly , but she was made to feel a burden . |
| 13 | Not because she does n't approve of me ( few mothers do ) , but she was bound to have a lot of questions I had no intention of answering . |
| 14 | For the daytimes she would need swimsuit , snorkel and flippers ; oilskin , so rain could not stop her going out ; Hunter boots and crash cap because she was bound to find a riding stable ; tennis racquet — on the offchance , as Rodney did n't play ; a frisbee ; a lilo ; shorts , walking boots , a pedometer , a compass , a small knapsack and a thermos . |
| 15 | WPC Helen Smith has been banned from cell duties after she was seen getting a shoulder massage from one prisoner . |
| 16 | This recalls Mittwoch 's observation ( 1990 : 118 ) that with hear " there seems to be a constraint that the sound perceived must be naturally associated with , and attributable to , the referent of the infinitival subject " : ( 80 ) She was heard to mutter a curse under her breath / sing the national anthem . |
| 17 | The famous high temper which no one , not even her formidable papa , knew how to cope with , once she was on fire , was being controlled by a man whose outward-seeming was mild and pleasant , although beneath Dr Neil 's bland exterior she was beginning to sense a will as strong and resolute as her own . |
| 18 | She was beginning to notice a change in Jack . |
| 19 | She was brought up in France just before the Second World War , but as an adolescent she was sent to spend a year with relatives in Germany where she was forced to remain when fighting broke out . |
| 20 | Whether it was to her own Buddhist cook , or when she was invited to do a series of " Thoughts for the Day " on the radio . |
| 21 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 22 | In this latter circle , after having written two full-length studies on idealism , she was invited to deliver a paper on primary and secondary consciousness in 1923 . |
| 23 | A girl who wore her long dark hair loose , who practically lived in jeans and sweatshirts , and who always seemed to have a couple of paint stains on her somewhere because she was trying to scrape a living by producing exquisitely detailed illustrations for books . |
| 24 | He grinned at her , aware that she was trying to pick a fight so that she could avoid further discussion of the subject . |
| 25 | What was wrong with the excuse she had used to Geoffrey : that she was trying to retrieve a set of her own notes from Puddephat . |
| 26 | She was destined to remain a spinster , finding work as a domestic servant in — of all places — far-away Surrey . |
| 27 | Belinda heard Deana 's hissing intake of breath , and for a moment she was tempted to lay a hand on Dr Russell 's arm in an intimate gesture and say , ‘ It sounds perfect , Doctor ! |
| 28 | Next day Peony said she was going to post a letter , did her mother want anything from the village ? |
| 29 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 30 | She was going to contact a lawyer today . |