Example sentences of "she [verb] [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more bizarre , she has been reciting the works of a French philosopher throughout the operation while a black stripper dances in the background . |
| 2 | What happens if a customer complains that she has been given the wrong change ? |
| 3 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 4 | She has been called the mourning Athena , since the bent head suggests grief . |
| 5 | From about 1902 she and Bateson were the leading members of the team which started the modern study of plant genetics in Britain ; indeed , she has been called the ‘ mother ’ of British plant genetics . |
| 6 | She has been spreading the Comic Relief message since she went to see a Comic Relief project for homeless young people in London two years ago . |
| 7 | After all , she has been asked the question several times over the past few days and will not say yes or no . |
| 8 | A hard-working Society member , for many years a member of the National Display Team and nore recently of the Surrey and Sussex team , she has been putting the latter through their paces for ‘ In the Pink ’ , the ball item first performed at last year 's Reunion . |
| 9 | When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries . |
| 10 | Sophia Tickell , Project Officer for the Andes , will return on April 19 from Bolivia , where she has been researching the impact of structural adjustment and other economic reforms encouraged by the World Bank and IMF . |
| 11 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 12 | One of Kylie 's entourage , an aide and friend , explained : ‘ She has been studying the Atlas carefully for nearly two months , before she is ready to step on a soap box or address meetings . |
| 13 | WACC 's President , Rev Randy L Naylor , and General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle , sent a congratulatory telegram to Rigoberta Menchu Tum following the announcement on 16 October that she has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace . |
| 14 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 15 | Last night , standing on the deck of Devlin 's ketch as they rapidly approached the island , she 'd been thinking the same thing . |
| 16 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |
| 17 | She was just wondering if she 'd been given the wrong one when she realised that the door was n't locked . |
| 18 | She 'd been set the huge task by Christian Aid on behalf of a family who fled to the camp from neighbouring war-torn Mozambique . |
| 19 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 20 | Virginia realised she 'd been gripping the steering-wheel unnecessarily tightly and consciously relaxed , forcing a laugh and wincing as the vibration worsened her headache . |
| 21 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 22 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 23 | Even when the results came through and the babies were exchanged in a dramatic midnight meeting , Marie found it difficult to believe that she had been nursing the wrong child . |
| 24 | Mrs de Crespigny ( ‘ Nora Champion de Crespigny is my full name ’ ) wrote to the effect that she had been passing the lounge at the time , and was a witness , if not to the actual assault , then to Mrs Wilikins 's evident distress . |
| 25 | She had been to see the inspector in charge of her father 's murder case . |
| 26 | This reminds me of the story about the old lady who boasted she had been wearing the same pair of stockings for twenty years — one year she knitted new feet on them and the next new legs ! |
| 27 | She resisted all temptations to give in to homesickness : she had been given the choice between staying at home and starting a new life , and having chosen the latter she was determined to enjoy every waking minute to the full . |
| 28 | She was so pleased to learn that Barbara Coleman was eager to talk to her again , and that she had been given the perfect reason for spending part of her day revelling in Chagall 's colour , that she smiled as she cut inland towards Maurin 's gallery . |
| 29 | She rang down to the reception , and asked tetchily whether she had been given the correct room number . |
| 30 | Mrs Grandison chose ham and salad , thinking sadly of the splendid sirloin , for she had decided that it would have been that if she had been given the choice . |