Example sentences of "she [is] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secure on her own ground ( she 's locked the door from the inside and pocketed the key ) , Anya cuts the cords binding Riva 's wrists and ankles , and slips the gun back into a gangsterish shoulder-holster straight out of a B-movie props department . |
| 2 | I mean basically , I mean I do n't know where she 's getting the money from , the wife , but she 's putting savings away every year for about two to three grand . |
| 3 | She says she ca n't understand why she 's getting the treatment she 's getting from her . |
| 4 | She 's getting the boot . |
| 5 | She 's calling the girl 's mum a prostitute . |
| 6 | Mrs Peel , however , saw things differently , saying of the head , ‘ She seemed to be assessing me rather than John … it 's like she 's shifting the blame on to me … she used to speak to me like I was a really bad mother . |
| 7 | Rosemary Shergold is waging a constant battle against the tobacco companies , and she 's enlisted the help of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith . |
| 8 | ‘ To make sure she 's accepted the pension — and the conditions . |
| 9 | Half an hour later she 's unloading the car outside the studio — that 's her job too . |
| 10 | She 's silent for a while , then says , ‘ The other day ’ — she 's soaping the front of my legs now , from behind — ‘ when you had to sit through Eldorado in that really uncomfortable position ; you enjoyed that , did n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | You 'll see that she 's clutching the bamboo handle of her bag . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's joined the Air Force ? ’ |
| 13 | Accident prevention officer PC Ken Bland said : ‘ She 's a lovely woman , but she 's breaking the law . ’ |
| 14 | After they saw the pig — a pot-bellied Vietnamese — on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law by the way she looks after it at home . |
| 15 | After they saw the pig on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law . |
| 16 | On the screen , the window cleaner begins to urinate into his loved one 's mouth , and everyone sits around , attempting to pretend that she 's enjoying the experience as much as they are . |
| 17 | Look at her : she 's enjoying the danger . |
| 18 | She 's dedicating the display to the memory of more than 50,000 American airmen who lost their lives in World War Two and hopes it 'll be a fitting tribute . |
| 19 | I have no strong views on the trousseau , but I wish they 'd show that famous snap again , the one where she 's holding the kid in her arms and you can see right through her dress . |
| 20 | Yes , she 's dragging the comb . |
| 21 | I wonder if it 's one of those things that I mean she 's reading the story aloud , I wonder if you were reading that story as as well |
| 22 | And she was going through and she knew them and er she was going into I it was her second year bio-chemistry exams on the bus and she 's got a bi a text book on bio-chemistry and she 's reading the introduction bit before you even get into proper bio-chemistry and Michael s look leant across and said , what on earth are you doing ? |
| 23 | I mean , from the sound of it she 's answers the telephone , does a bit of typing and |
| 24 | There , she 's throwing the teddy out look . |
| 25 | And she 's throwing the teddy out . |
| 26 | And mummy 's smiling in at him from the outside , look she 's hanging the washing out pretending not to notice what 's going on . |
| 27 | She 's says the horse is like a big brother and she 's going with a chance . |
| 28 | Oxford 's Nichola Simpson has been on target in the British Outdoor Archery Championship … she won the indoor title last year now she 's done the double … |
| 29 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |
| 30 | She 's hoping the novelty of a woman at the altar will attract a few more sheep into her flock . |