Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think 'e 's owed that , ’ said Sprott , ‘ I think 'e 's owed a generous tribute . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ 'E 's taken a fancy to you , John mate . |
| 3 | When 'e 's backed the lorry in the yard we close the gates like I said . |
| 4 | Secure on her own ground ( she 's locked the door from the inside and pocketed the key ) , Anya cuts the cords binding Riva 's wrists and ankles , and slips the gun back into a gangsterish shoulder-holster straight out of a B-movie props department . |
| 5 | As part of National Vegetarian Week , she 's created a menu which takes vegetables off the back burner and puts sauce into eating without meat . |
| 6 | The fact that the other child cries and you shout at her lets her know that it was naughty — and may stop her doing it again if you 're lucky — but it does n't mean she understands the pain she 's caused the other child . |
| 7 | Rosemary Shergold is waging a constant battle against the tobacco companies , and she 's enlisted the help of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith . |
| 8 | She 's sent a letter to her sister Bernadine talking of her feelings of inadequacy . |
| 9 | ‘ Call the police , Malcolm , ’ she smirks , and she gleams like she 's played an ace . |
| 10 | ‘ To make sure she 's accepted the pension — and the conditions . |
| 11 | She looks at me like she 's asked a question and she wants me to answer . |
| 12 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't care if she 's called the Quacking Duck just as long as she 's steady , ’ Charlotte replied . |
| 14 | Looking ahead she 's pleased a lot of new courses are coming on-stream now particularly linking European languages or Management with other areas , whether it is Science or Engineering . |
| 15 | From what you said on the phone , she 's kept a low profile too , which is lucky . |
| 16 | She 's kept the upper floor , turned it into a very nice flat for herself , and I — you also if you agree — could live downstairs . |
| 17 | Instead of the pure , clear cut tones we 're used to , she sings as if she 's swallowed a bag of sugarcubes complete with bag . |
| 18 | " She 's swallowed a needle , " she sobbed . |
| 19 | She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church . |
| 20 | Over the last three years she 's developed a hardness that Mother never had . |
| 21 | ‘ She 's joined the Air Force ? ’ |
| 22 | But for the past year she 's faced the very real possibility of losing the Inn that 's been her life because Whitbreads decided to sell it off along with other pubs to meet the demands of the Monopolies Commission , which had demanded it must get rid of half its tied houses . |
| 23 | She 's given an OBE for political service . |
| 24 | ‘ She 's really a very kind person but she 's led a completely sheltered life and … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Shall I lock up now , sir , or wait until she 's collected the cups ? ’ |
| 26 | She 's written a couple of times , and now she 's arrived in person . |
| 27 | Now she 's written a book about her flying adventures . |
| 28 | Now she 's written a book about her flying adventures . |
| 29 | So she 's written the first syllable as she feels it sounds ( coff- ) and that triggers the -ee . |
| 30 | She 's built a wall around herself . |