Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is struggling through grass-mesh — not flying |
| 2 | She is looking for work and thinks she may be forced to move to London in search of a job . |
| 3 | Although she does not realise it , she is searching for enlightenment and encourages her fusion with Geraldine : ‘ Christabel stretched forth her hand ’ . |
| 4 | So , though it is too late to learn the violin or the piano , now we have the very complex musical skills of mixing , using synthesizers ; and this she is learning as part of her musical education in Boston . |
| 5 | She is staying at home this summer because she says she does n't make enough money to go on holiday . |
| 6 | ELAINE 'S PUB : The White Hart where she is living with son Gareth |
| 7 | In a climax of hatred and despair of her husband and life she admits she is living in pretence as his wife while loving Vronsky . |
| 8 | She is smiling into space . |
| 9 | After a gap for her family she is retraining in Radiology . |
| 10 | She has won at modelling , at running boutiques , at photography , she is winning at writing . |
| 11 | But she is starting with spirit . |
| 12 | At this very moment , no doubt , she is pondering with regret decisions made in the far-off past that have now left her , deep in middle age , so alone and desolate . |
| 13 | She 's self-assured and she knows where she is going in life , ’ he added . |
| 14 | ‘ She is suffering from exhaustion but otherwise fine , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Describing herself as something of a ‘ social victim ’ , she has temporarily torn herself away from urban distractions in favour of time and space at a ‘ country abode ’ , where she is working on material for a second album , due in November . |
| 16 | Although at times her behaviour can be challenging , she is growing in confidence and is lively and chatty , with a great sense of humour and imagination . |
| 17 | ‘ He hopes she is lying in hospital somewhere , having lost her memory . ’ |
| 18 | She is surviving on family credit and before the actor stepped in had no idea how she would buy Christmas presents for her sons . |
| 19 | I wonder why she is crying before breakfast , and whether she wakes up weeping many days . |
| 20 | Although astrology takes up most of her time — when she is filming for breakfast television she is picked up at 5am — she likes cooking and reading . |
| 21 | She is coming to Casa Sciorto tomorrow evening . ’ |
| 22 | I would positively swear that she is Panting with desire … to have you living in Bere Regis , running the family brewery — in your spare time , of course ! ’ |
| 23 | Typical comments were " weary-looking , but hardworking and doing her best " ( a tailor 's wife with seven children ) ; or " how she manages to keep the house so tidy is a marvel , she is dying of pthisis " . |
| 24 | The term ‘ bow shock ’ arises because of certain similarities between Figure 9.2 and the conditions at the bow of a boat when it is moving through water . |
| 25 | In these circumstances the average torque produced by the motor while it is moving from position 8e to 8 , with phases BC excited is : The problem can now be simplified by assuming that the torque over the excitation interval is effectively constant and equal to this average value . |
| 26 | It is laying on colour TVs , seating and a glass of wine for men while they watch the match , while their other half does the shopping . |
| 27 | But the union , which has nearly 4,500 teachers in the two counties , says it is acting in accordance with trade union law . |
| 28 | The PDS-3 machines , which the company says it is pitching between Sun 's Sparcstation 2 and Sparcstation 10 offerings — will be available in the UK from Pinnacle Data Systems Europe Ltd , Dunstable , Bedfordshire — formerly known as Unix Solutions and now trading under the Pinnacle name — with European distributors being lined up . |
| 29 | If the line is sloping to the left the job is in advance of the schedule and if to the right it is slipping behind schedule . |
| 30 | If the line is sloping to the left the job is in advance of the schedule and if to the right it is slipping behind schedule . |