Example sentences of "she [verb] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She admitted causing the dog unnecessary suffering and was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £508.72 costs . |
| 2 | Waitress Calderwood , from Gosforth , was ordered to carry out 120 hours community service by Newcastle magistrates after she admitted making the hoax call . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't mind her , ’ Tim joked , ‘ She hates leaving the office . |
| 4 | 7 It 's terrific to see her without the bars between us. 8 She sits eating the treat food at the opening to the door and looking at me. 9 How does she know to look into my eyes and not at the huge finger next to her . |
| 5 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
| 6 | The story was similar when she tried calling the house in desperation later that evening . |
| 7 | Claire was delighted at the improvement She tried drinking a glass of milk , to see what would happen , and 24 hours later Jamie , following a feed , suffered , a severe attack of colic . |
| 8 | Mum could see she was getting nowhere so she tried shedding a tear or two . |
| 9 | Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse , but still it would not budge an inch . |
| 10 | She tried wrapping the pillow round her ears ; tried mind over matter ; tried burrowing under the duvet , and then gave up . |
| 11 | Disappointed , her confidence evaporating , she tried turning the question round as she had done before : ‘ If you do n't want us to drive back in it , wiggle your finger . ’ |
| 12 | Mrs Hughes always had plenty to say about modern life and one pet grumble was the way grammar standards had declined since she stopped teaching the subject more than 50 years ago . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , Miss Thomas was breathing and a pulse was still discernible but , according to a statement from an inspector at the station , she stopped breathing a minute or so before an ambulance arrived at 1.33 a.m . |
| 14 | She stopped making the tea , and threw herself angrily back in her chair . |
| 15 | She says changing the subject . |
| 16 | She says closing the college would be a terrible blow — it 's used by thousands of people . |
| 17 | She recalled ripping the mask off to breathe more freely of bottled air . |
| 18 | She risked putting the lamp on and was pleased to see that Ana 's feet did not look as bad as her own felt . |
| 19 | She recalls abandoning the vehicle diagonally skewed across the space and trying discreetly to phone a colleague to ask how to back out — much to the amusement of all in the office . |
| 20 | She resisted this for several months , not wishing to loosen her control of urban policy , but eventually she capitulated giving the responsibility to Mr Kenneth Clarke , Minister for Trade and Industry . |
| 21 | She keeps smelling the washing powder |
| 22 | She ai n't looking at it — she 's carrying on talking to the man , but she keeps twisting the neck of this white duck . |
| 23 | She finished tying the bandage , stepped away from him , and indicated the bench . |
| 24 | Jim Scott watched as she finished applying the vaseline , pacing the dressing room as she stood naked before him , slipping on a G-string and a suspender belt . |
| 25 | How could Harriet Shakespeare choose what to do — how could she face making the choice — when her own son was involved ? |
| 26 | With immense reluctance she began typing the copy . |
| 27 | She began counting the money . |
| 28 | Carole Meadows gave her a wry smile as she began filling the picnic hamper . |
| 29 | But I had n't asked her to do so , and when she began making a nuisance of herself I told her she 'd have to leave our office there . |
| 30 | The remainder of the plates were taken to be placed on the table , and she began rolling the cutlery into paper napkins , her fingers shaking as she did so . |