Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She is hoping to buy garden furniture and a barbecue so she can enjoy the summer months in style .
2 When under pressure , though , she is said to throw tantrums , to distance herself from those around her and just take off .
3 He or she is trying to locate areas of tension that may be fixed in your body .
4 You , D , obviously are n't sure you like her very much , but at least you 'll admit that she is trying to raise awareness about important issues , like Mr Dylan , when he was alive .
5 She 's been their senior presenter for ten years now , handling everything from live interviews to those awful moments when a filmed report is suddenly dropped and she is left to fill time with cheerily improvised observations — ‘ that 's when I really earn my money . ’
6 The extra two furlongs on Town Moor should suit stamina-packed Spring admirably and she is fancied to confirm York form with the disappointing Rainbow Lake .
7 She is forced to buy things from charity shops to make ends meet .
8 She is advised to seek work immediately , prefer-ably today .
9 A keen apiarist , standing among the hives , will soon have to produce a piece of paper and a pencil if he or she is going to explain bee behaviour to a group of children .
10 It may mean a 5 a.m. start from the country if she is to have her regular swim before going into the office , but if she is going to see WHS in Swindon or Heathcote in Warwick , it is more convenient for her to stay in Gloucestershire than to come back to London .
11 So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ?
12 Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things .
13 No matter how good the theoretical preparation , it is only when the student works in the ward that she is required to translate knowledge into practice .
14 In the final , she is seeded to meet Jenny Higgins , the 1991 champion .
15 She is threatening to sue Mr Peter Owen , BA director of operations , unless he retracts a claim that the offer of her job back a ‘ second chance . ’ .
16 Once the main event is over , she is expected to take sons William , 10 , and Harry , eight , off to Althorp .
17 She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny .
18 She is expected to implement measures to address the popular grievances that have helped to fuel the mutiny .
19 And she is expected to accelerate restructuring .
20 Learning which fashions will suit the new you is bound to take time .
21 The man with golden goal touch at the County Ground is still Craig Maskell … the two hundred and fifty thousand pounds that Swindon gave Reading for him is beginning to look chicken feed … 15 goals this season … the last two came last week against Southend … tomorrow he 's off to Ashton gate to shoot Bristol City down …
22 Anyone who sees her is asked to contact police at Garston on .
23 The result is that the relay RLA is heard to click at the end of the timing period , but the timer re-starts as it is caused to re-commence timing for a further period .
24 But central government need not give such an undertaking if it is seeking to enforce compliance with a statute or regulation ; although it must do so if it is seeking to protect its property or contractual interests .
25 In particular it is seeking to establish comparability of vocational qualifications beginning with hotel and catering , motor vehicle repairs , construction , electrical , agricultural and textile trades .
26 Through a major media campaign it is seeking to obtain funds by raising public awareness of the museum 's past history .
27 Will he tell us whether it is intended to give help for water projects , sanitation or afforestation ?
28 Rather , as was pointed out in Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis , it is intended to reassure informants that their statements will only be used for the investigation of complaints and for such criminal or disciplinary proceedings as directly follow .
29 It is intended to replace Directives 72/159 , 72/160 , 72/161 ( see Chapter 3 ) and Articles 4–17 of the LFA Directive , 75/268 .
30 It is intended to enable parents to dovetail their career and family commitments and thereby to ease recruitment problems which are already being felt in all areas of commerce as a result of the steadily falling number of school leavers and graduates . ’
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