Example sentences of "she [verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 2 | The priests had a mulberry tree , which last year had come near to ruining the woman 's trade , spattering the linen of the town with a roan signature , as the pulpy fruit fell from its higher branches , or was dropped by feasting birds or even wasps ; in fact , she did not know how so much staining happened , but it was the devil to scrub it out , and she risked wearing out the cloth itself with ammonia or other solvents . |
| 3 | But because she keeps breaking down the details remain confused . |
| 4 | she keeps stocking up every day . |
| 5 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 6 | She had used make-up sparingly due to the heat , and had chosen a blouson dress with thin straps , made of numerous tiny pleats that fanned out as she walked showing off the pastel rainbow hues of the silky material . |
| 7 | ‘ And it has to be a good idea to stay on here , in the Hamptons , until tomorrow , ’ she added as she finished packing up the hampers . |
| 8 | She began rolling up the sleeves of her best dress . |
| 9 | While she started sorting out the lettuce from the spinach I took my leave and went up to my room . |
| 10 | Soundlessly she mimed picking up a phone and speaking into it . |
| 11 | She remembers running up the aisle , but mass had ended . |
| 12 | She was far from indifferent to me , I felt sure of that , but neither would she contemplate carrying on an affair with a married man . |
| 13 | The secret of Shirley 's success lies in the fact that the tears she sends rolling down the cheek are prompted by laughter , but tinged with the searing kind of sadness associated with unfulfilled hopes . |
| 14 | They insisted she had insulted counter girls after she had been refused discount on a slinky black evening dress which she saw hanging on a rail in the fashionable Hyper Hyper clothes store in London 's Kensington High Street . |
| 15 | She went flying up the garden ! |
| 16 | I found that after 2 hours of playing the small adventure game called Wumpus my friends youngest child lost all her worries about pressing the wrong key , except that she kept falling down the cavern when she did . |
| 17 | She remembered looking down the sunny garden and feeling content . |
| 18 | She remembered wandering around a boyfriend 's house talking to herself , and then discovering him sitting in the lounge . |
| 19 | ‘ A companion for you , my dear , ’ she said sliding back the lid . |