Example sentences of "she be [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
2 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
3 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
4 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
5 | Mother she 's calling me a bastard . |
6 | Not like a big one to share like she 's buying everybody a cake each . |
7 | She 's got that unappetizing little Yank in tow , and she 's feeding him the Authorized Version . |
8 | P'raps she 's findin' it a bit melancholy bein' wiv 'im ? ’ |
9 | and she 's doing you a spaghetti bolognaise , so I said oh that 'll be nice , when we got there , shall we go in the bank for an hour , I did n't feel like going out , he said come on it 'll do you good , |
10 | She 's making herself a laughing-stock . |
11 | She 's recording it the stupid cow she 's |
12 | Fifty pound 'll go to the fre exchange cos she 's giving me a hundred . |
13 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
14 | Her salary is not excessive so she is setting herself a strict budget for her homebuying . |
15 | Delia Cope believes by listening to Black women 's poems she is doing us a favour . |
16 | She was using it a week later when Nathan walked in through the kitchen door . |
17 | As she spoke she was laying him a place at the kitchen table , and serving him his meal . |
18 | She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls . |
19 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
20 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
21 | She was telling me the other day . |
22 | She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill . |
23 | She was asking herself the same question . |
24 | If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’ |
25 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
26 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
27 | Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave . |
28 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
29 | It 's as though she was giving herself a treat . " |
30 | A second or so later she was giving herself a mental shake and opening her eyes again . |