Example sentences of "that she [be] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her . |
| 2 | Alison Halford has dropped her sex discrimination case against Merseyside Police and announced that she is to retire on medical grounds with a lump sum payment and pension . |
| 3 | Does n't she realize the effect that she is having on other people ? |
| 4 | He gave France stronger armed forces , insisted that she be respected on the world stage and believed that she must rely on her own resources for survival . |
| 5 | Membership of the Institute requires appropriate practical experience as well as the written exam , so it was a double success story that she was accepted on both counts . |
| 6 | Her mother had had a fit when Carolyn admitted that she was living on social security . |
| 7 | She flicked a look at Travis as , without so much as asking her to hold on , Mr Green went away to tell Rosemary that she was wanted on the phone . |
| 8 | Then , with great bravado , she attacked the pile of pine-needles , scooping them up between the giant clutch of her karaso and her own small hand , depositing them in another heap that she was building on top of the rope . |
| 9 | I knew that she was operating on a matter of some principle , something basic and territorial , something she had been taught , perhaps . |
| 10 | It happened that she was propped on her elbow and could see that he had his fingers crossed . |
| 11 | Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen , Annie looked up . |
| 12 | The firm set of Niall Grant 's mouth suggested that she was treading on dangerous ground . |
| 13 | Sally-Anne 's returning senses told her that she was lying on an old-fashioned sofa with a high back at one end , and no sides . |
| 14 | Jake gathered her to him and rolled over on his back , so that she was lying on her stomach on top of him . |
| 15 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 16 | Yet , looking into those liquid dark eyes , Fran could n't help the sudden feeling that she was standing on the verge of something so mind-blowing that it made her afraid . |
| 17 | It went against the grain to meekly obey , but the look in his eyes told her in no uncertain terms that she was standing on the edge of a minefield . |
| 18 | It no longer occurred to Folly to doubt that Luke was telling the truth — and she knew that she was concentrating on his explanation simply as a shield against the other questions that hovered only a breath away . |
| 19 | This kind of emphasis on the opposition between , rather than the complementary nature of , the active and contemplative lives was reflected in the patristic interpretation of the story of Martha and Mary ( Luke 10:38 — 42 ) in which Christ excuses Mary 's lack of active help in Martha 's household chores because she was listening to him , on the grounds that she was concentrating on that which was most essential . |
| 20 | She reluctantly followed Nicole outside , certain that she was verging on dragging her steps and generally acting like a twelve-year-old delinquent on the way to the principal 's office . |
| 21 | She licked her lips nervously , and realised that she was sitting on the edge of the sofa , staring at him as though her life depended on it . |
| 22 | At least it took her mind off the far less confident emotions that she was feeling on her own account . |
| 23 | And that she was going on Wednesday , I think . |