Example sentences of "that she [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
| 3 | More mysterious is the news that she is preparing a new Vague column on shaving . |
| 4 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
| 5 | He added that she was staying a further night ‘ as a precaution ’ . |
| 6 | With reports in wide circulation that she was amassing a multi-million fortune at the rate of £620,000 a month , Kylie was also able to indulge in her passion for shopping . |
| 7 | She told me that she was wearing a blue hat and coat and that she was safely strapped in her pushchair . |
| 8 | He had forgotten that Marie was only a girl ; forgotten that she was wearing a ridiculous dressing-gown . |
| 9 | It was rather a coincidence that she was wearing a dark blue guernsey exactly like Laura 's , with a neck which necessitated the same blindfold struggle to get it off About the whole incident Richard felt no dissatisfaction and certainly no regret . |
| 10 | She flung open her macintosh and Stephanie saw that she was wearing a skin-tight black sweater , wide elastic belt , long grey pencil skirt . |
| 11 | I had only recently heard of the existence of such places , but I gradually came to the conclusion that she was running a small brothel of which she herself was the centre of interest . |
| 12 | Clare doubled her income overnight , and felt that she was doing a useful job . |
| 13 | Mme Guérigny admitted to me shortly after our return that she was feeling a certain contentment in being one year nearer joining her daughter . |