Example sentences of "she [is] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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1 | But she 's bound to smell the smoke anyway . ’ |
2 | She 's beginning to foul the air a little , she 's that dead . |
3 | ‘ I 'll just bet she was some broad he used to be in love with or something , and he 's been giving her the brush-off while she 's trying to fan the embers , get back to the way it used to be . ’ |
4 | Paula Yates is positioned as the fluffy bimbo , and Muriel Gray is the one who stalked through the set being rather rude to the bands and deconstructing the whole female persona ; I think she 's trying to do the same now with the chat show . |
5 | My mum trying a , here 's my mum she 's trying to do the , she 's trying a do the butterfly . |
6 | If she 's trying to draw the enemy 's fire , she 's not succeeding , Defries thought ; but she 's doing it exactly right . |
7 | She stole the jade but she 's trying to put the blame on me . |
8 | She 's trying to sell the place ; she 'd make damn sure that those figures were available if she wanted them to be seen . |
9 | ‘ She was a nobody when she first came to us and now she 's trying to bite the hand that fed her , ’ said a spokesman for the TV company bitterly . |
10 | Because it 's Sophie 's first day there 's a treat — she 's allowed to ring the school bell . |
11 | Q Our daughter is nearly three and she 's been dry at night for over a year , but recently she 's started to wet the bed at night . |
12 | She 's starting to call the wedding off . |
13 | Lynn , 38 , confessed she was n't as nutty about Elvis as her new hubby , but admitted she 's growing to love the King . |
14 | She 's going to spend the night with me . |
15 | She 's going to spend the night with her sister |
16 | Marie sticks her jeans in too — she 's going to wear the dress under her coat . |
17 | So she 's going to have the dermatological products used on her this afternoon . |
18 | Oh it depends when she 's going to have the builders in |
19 | Okay fine just for sake because she 's going to write the erm minutes from that tape . |
20 | Mummy says she 's going to run the London salon . |
21 | said to us last night about the next girl to come in after she 's arrived to read the register . ’ |
22 | She 's coming to sing the leads , and sing them she will . ’ |
23 | Today the agriculture minister Gillian Shepherd has said she 's asking to keep the sirens in an operational state , at least until the end of the present storm tide seasons . |
24 | She gave notice that she is determined to live the rest of her life as a woman independent in her own right , unfettered by false loyalties to the Royal Family . |
25 | She is determined to steer the meeting through till the end . |
26 | She has been seconded to the Civil Service Selection Board , where she is helping to devise the entrance competition for the ‘ fast stream ’ applicants to the Civil Service , Diplomatic Service and Tax Inspectorate . |
27 | She is beginning to think the word ‘ holiday ’ is an exotic Greek meal . |
28 | Instead of turning brick-red or prawn-cocktail-pink , as she had feared , she is turning a pleasant beige , a natural beige , she is beginning to look the same colour that people look in television advertisements . |
29 | At times , it is almost as if she is trying to emulate the star-studded image of Suzanne Lenglen , which she clearly admires so much . |
30 | To top it all her mother disowns her , so she is left to wander the streets , when she meets Matthews ( Martin Donovan ) , who has also been driven from his home . |