Example sentences of "she [vb past] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mum could see she was getting nowhere so she tried shedding a tear or two . |
| 3 | For Laura , work had now become an end in itself ; although some of her colleagues began to describe her as a workaholic it was more that she found working a pleasurable state . |
| 4 | The oldest woman in the refuge had worked as a railway clerk , in a sausage factory , a pop factory and in a factory making bingo boards until she stopped working a few years earlier and was put on invalidity benefit . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | To her annoyance the bottle was empty — belatedly she recalled making a mental note weeks ago to buy new supplies . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The irony of the situation hit her as she began preparing a meal from the provisions she 'd brought with her . |
| 9 | She enjoyed uncovering a corner of brick enough to insert the trowel blade beneath it and twist , and prise it slowly out of its bed . |
| 10 | Her heart was in her mouth , and she dreaded hearing a shrill witch 's voice cry out to her to stop . |
| 11 | She started eating a cream cake . |
| 12 | While Jane the orphan was resting she started courting a Manchester boy . |
| 13 | Then she started reading a recipe . |
| 14 | Would n't miss a meetin' , an' one day she started goin' a bit funny . |
| 15 | And it was about time she started making a few waves , she told herself firmly . |
| 16 | Andrew Cook , of Brinkburn Road , Darlington , was infatuated with the young girl and went to the shop where she worked carrying a kitchen knife , Teesside Crown Court was told yesterday . |
| 17 | She thought enforcing a distinction would simply become bureaucratic . |
| 18 | She commenced wrapping a blood pressure cuff around his arm . |
| 19 | She kept getting a bad throat . |
| 20 | Her answer machine er she 's got two answer machines cos she so when the other wo she kept having a lot of trouble with it , kept breaking down and it 'd go away for three weeks and she 'd be without it |
| 21 | When pressed she also said she remembered catching a glimpse of David Parkin going out of the room . |
| 22 | She remembered reading a biography of a Tsarist émigré after the Revolution and the phrase came back to her . |
| 23 | One childless career woman described the scene when she discussed having a child and giving up work for a while . |
| 24 | The First Granny , as Mrs Bush is becoming affectionately known , marched up to the uniformed bell-ringers beside the big Christmas tree , put ten bucks into the Big Red Kettle , and loudly announced how much she preferred patronising a mall that had the sense to permit the Salvation Army . |
| 25 | She liked having a place of her own , where she could come and go as she pleased . |
| 26 | And here 's me dyin' to go and him , ’ she said waving a finger at George , ‘ havin' all the chances , and him hating books . ’ |
| 27 | Her visit lasted just over an hour and a quarter , and she left holding a birthday card for Prince Harry that had been made by the refuge children . |
| 28 | She considered taking a ‘ normal ’ job , perhaps making use of her practical skills . |
| 29 | She considered making a ceremonial pyre . |
| 30 | She stood lighting a cigarette and looking at my mother out of the corners of her eyes . |