Example sentences of "she was [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the narrator explained that ‘ Jane would soon have to move on ’ , because she was reaching the limit of her maximum stay in the council-owned hostel , we watched her rinse the sink , wipe the draining board and hang up the dishcloth . |
| 2 | Furthermore , she was reaching the point when she knew she could n't go on working with Beatrice and the others , deceiving them with her wrong-doings . |
| 3 | The broadcast brought an instant response from Gloucestershire Environmental Health Officers , who visited Mrs Stainton Kelly and warned she was breaking the law : |
| 4 | The broadcast brought an instant response from Gloucestershire Environmental Health Officers , who visited Mrs Stainton Kelly and warned she was breaking the law : |
| 5 | Miss Giles had earlier told Wells Street magistrates that she had not considered the film to be ‘ a very hot potato ’ and had not realised she was breaking the law when she showed it to about 120 people last April . |
| 6 | As well as the two vases and the cake stand , she was clutching the remnants of the shrivelled flowers . |
| 7 | Getting hold of Clarissa , wherever she was entertaining the troops and having her transported to London , was apparently no more than a mild challenge . |
| 8 | She was using the man 's death to work at his sympathy . |
| 9 | And in this last day , she must have been camping about , I do n't know how , but somehow she was traversing I she probably did n't she was using the living room as a store , I could only think that , she could n't possibly live in it . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a good sign , ’ she told the clipboard on which she was entering the details of his pulse rate . |
| 11 | She explained that she was chairing the meeting in the absence of Elizabeth Varley , who is ill . |
| 12 | Even when he knew she was speaking the truth about Dana he would continue to think she was out for all she could get , and she had only herself to blame . |
| 13 | She was speaking the truth . |
| 14 | Dr Neil knew that she was speaking the truth about what had happened to her . |
| 15 | Aunt Ilsa was in the library ; she had a heavy cold at the time and I am tempted to say we discovered her poring over a map , but the inelegant truth is that she was searching the shelves for a misplaced book when we entered . |
| 16 | They had to meet up with Nellie a great deal as she was supervising the school 's wardrobe . |
| 17 | No doubt she was supervising the school debating society or another of her public-spirited activities . |
| 18 | She was regarding the Prince with the faintest and saddest of smiles , in which he thought he could read affection and indulgence , and surely also a soft , secret gleam of derision . |
| 19 | She , too , felt that she was denied the opportunity to make a genuine contribution , in cooperation with the professionals , to the understanding of Tom 's needs and the circumstances in which they were being created . |
| 20 | She was picturing her daughter , her beloved Angel , and as the pony stepped daintily over the cobbles she was counting the minutes until she was with her for the first time in nearly six months . |
| 21 | On Nov. 9 she was declared the winner with 51.9 per cent support ( after the redistribution of second preference votes ) . |
| 22 | She spoke to the sales girl , and Claudia , thinking she was buying the dress , looked longingly at the smoky-blue suit she coveted , and she did n't notice the door open until a hand on her arm brought her attention to her twin . |
| 23 | Now she was inserting the throat and ear plugs with which she would hear and communicate and breathe . |
| 24 | She was wandering the crags . |
| 25 | As she was filling the kettle , Nevil crept up behind her , and slid his hands round to cup her breasts . |
| 26 | She was filling the kettle at the sink . |
| 27 | My er my sister worked in the grenade shop and erm after she ca she 'd been working at , on the manor , do you know the manor at Willenhall and then er she decided to go on with the war work and she was courting the man named , John and his father was the timekeeper , later H & T Hornes , but erm it fizzled out and anyway the romance did but erm |
| 28 | She was determined the wedding would be one for the young blind girl to remember , even though it was not likely to be attended by any of the Wychwood gipsies who had been at Boz 's marriage to Nahum 's sister . |
| 29 | She was very determined , and very soon after her return home she was managing the stairs , and later she was able to use the bath without a hoist . |
| 30 | She was cooking the meal , right ? |