Example sentences of "she [is] [adv] [verb] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She wants him to ask her to get married and he wants her to give up her job , which is the only thing she 's ever wanted to do . |
| 2 | But she says she 's now wanting to do archaeology erm but she says she has n't got any A levels ! |
| 3 | She says she feels she 's being punished even though she 's only trying to do what 's best . |
| 4 | And if her husband comes back , as he is apparently hinting he might , or if she moves , or gets a job , as she is always threatening to do if he does n't , or if my colleagues in the DSS find out that I am paying her , then even this hopeless arrangement will come to an end and I shall be back to the agencies and the advertisements , back to the interviews and the references , back to strangers in the house . |
| 5 | Apart from looking after the home and having babies , she is still expected to do most of the manual work on the land as her husband may be working abroad or in Funchal or just resting . |
| 6 | I approach the case , therefore , on the footing that , in looking after the child , the mother is only doing what she is legally bound to do . |