Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And whereas the said John Weston Foakes has requested the said Julia Beer to give him time in which to pay such judgment , which she has agreed to do on the following conditions . |
| 2 | Carmen Callil said : ‘ I 've been working with Frances Coady since 1986 , when she joined Jonathan Cape , and one of the greatest pleasures of my working life has been to observe the publishing genius she has brought to beat on the creation of Vintage . |
| 3 | The wasp , whose behaviour appears eccentric but intelligent , invariably leaves the cricket she has caught lying on its back , its antennae just touching the tunnel entrance , while she inspects her burrow . |
| 4 | All the rain she needs has fallen on the Queen 's racetrack in the past week to make jockey Pat Eddery set for a much better day than last year . |
| 5 | She was thankful too that she 'd struggled to exist on her grant , and what she earned in vacations , without making too many extra demands on Hugh Russell . |
| 6 | Already that morning she had drunk more than the weekly average for women she 'd noticed displayed on a chart in the Summertown Health Centre waiting-room . |
| 7 | The invective she 'd rehearsed hovered on her lips , her breath momentarily taken away by the utter gall of the man . |
| 8 | She glanced down at him as though he were something she 'd found smeared on the sole of her shoe after visiting an abattoir . |
| 9 | She seemed to have come on the retreat more out of material loyalty than religious devotion . |
| 10 | As she seems to have stayed on the island for only three weeks , however , being moved back to Stirling when the English army left Scotland at the end of September , we can only conclude that these are testimony not to Mary as an infant prodigy , but to her fascination as a source of romance and legend . |
| 11 | She had begun to pull on the long suede gloves which she had earlier stripped from her beautiful hands . |
| 12 | Remembering now how she had felt lying on the bed with Harry 's arms around her , his mouth against hers , she felt like crying with frustration . |
| 13 | She had wanted to go on the stage ; acting had always been her forte , and although she might be insignificant to look at , she had a beautiful voice and perfect diction . |
| 14 | She had hoped to end on a note of pure hatred . |
| 15 | His smile broadened , and she had to fight to concentrate on what he was saying . |
| 16 | After the break-up with Hugh she had resolved to concentrate on her career for the next few years . |
| 17 | Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table . |
| 18 | His wife , more canny than she seemed , had already witnessed huge losses over a scheme to promote detachable shirt cuffs , and so far she had managed to sit on the remaining money . |
| 19 | Louise was carrying a large bag which she had managed to balance on the handlebars of her scooter . |
| 20 | originally she was going to do it , but there 's a new one come in and she 's decided to go on this management , managements and it 's the new one |
| 21 | No he said she 's gone to work on that bike . |
| 22 | just told her she 's to er , she 's got to stop on another hour at night , till five o'clock instead of four . |
| 23 | Now , everything she 's got goes on the baby . |
| 24 | He says she 's got plenty of time to have babies , but for now she 's got to focus on her career . ’ |
| 25 | They 've got to , she 's got to stay on the boat until they 're gon na try and find her somewhere else to sleep |
| 26 | She 's got to get on her bike . |