Example sentences of "she [be] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , there are many loopholes in the legislation ; for instance , until very recently a woman could only claim equal pay if she were doing the identical work of a man and , since occupations are typically segregated by sex , it is often difficult to find such a comparable man . |
| 2 | She tried not to sound as though she were interrogating the older woman . |
| 3 | as if she were putting the same reel of film back in the projector , she ran through the whole scene once again : she is speaking to the visitor , Paul is watching them with astonishment , and the guest is saying : ‘ In your next life , do you want to stay together or never meet again ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She 's getting the best attention money can buy . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's taking the long way back , ’ she would say , ‘ the sun 's still warm … she 's enjoying herself … she 's forgotten the time … . ’ |
| 6 | If that 's the Sue I once bought a drink for — out of pity — in a certain low-rent wine bar she frequents ( Naughty Nineties postcards in brass frames and scrums of desperate shrieking middle-aged women hogging the tables ) , then I do n't think she 's telling the full story . |
| 7 | And she 's doing the outside catering for the World Champion , World Chess Championships . |
| 8 | She 's doing the same kind of work that Christine used to do . |
| 9 | She 's making the whole thing up . ’ |
| 10 | She 's having the best care she could get anywhere . ’ |
| 11 | IBM 's OS/2 launch manager Pat James says she is addressing the high street sales outlets , such as Dixons and the computer superstore in Croydon . |
| 12 | Make sure that the baby 's body is facing the breast and that he or she is taking the whole nipple to fill its mouth . |
| 13 | To see that she is receiving the correct amount of occupational pension ( if any ) that is due to her . |
| 14 | And she is using the 20th-Century surgeon 's art to turn herself into a living version of classical beauties painted by the Old Masters , from Greek goddesses to the Mona Lisa . |
| 15 | For the first time in her professional career as a soloist she is forsaking the large concert venues to take her music to some of the remoter parts of Scotland in a tour being sponsored by British Telecom . |
| 16 | If you are caring for an elderly parent who is at some stage of grieving for a lost partner , whether she is experiencing the shattering despair that follows soon after bereavement , or the long sad loneliness and feeling of deprivation characteristic of its later stages , her deepest need will be for your practical and emotional support during her period of sorrow and adjustment . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe she is suffering the same fate as Minginish , ’ he said obscurely . |
| 18 | Yet , she is running the slimmest Cabinet machine since before the Second World War . |
| 19 | He points out that now she is cohabiting the only benefit she will get is the basic dole . |
| 20 | But friends of Countess Spencer say she has told them she is spending the festive season at Mougins in France with her great friend Jacqueline de Ribes . |
| 21 | Here she is assessing the likely outcome of a confrontation with her local council . |
| 22 | She was organising the next bout , to take place soon after the election , shortly before she died . |
| 23 | It was also reported that a new chapter in Andrew Morton 's controversial biography of the Princess would include details of a letter from the Duke warning her of the damage she was causing the Royal Family . |
| 24 | She was looking the other way and did n't see me . ’ |
| 25 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 26 | Getting out her suitcase , and with her fury riding high , she began throwing her belongings into it — she was catching the first plane out of there ! |
| 27 | Unwittingly she was operating the intermittent reinforcement principle in support of a bad habit ! |
| 28 | She heard the lady 's voice but she had no idea what she was saying until a sharpness in Miss Beard 's tone signified that she was repeating the same remark . |
| 29 | For another — she was remembering the familiar way in which Lubor had put his arm around her yesterday . |
| 30 | She was wearing the dumb preppie blouse her mother liked her to put on for school and , of course , the Iron Maiden . |