Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While she is away feeding they take the strange kittens and rub them gently in the bedding that carries the female 's scent . |
| 2 | It 's as if she is away staying somewhere , and we are waiting for her to come back , we can not do anything until she returns . |
| 3 | Whatever the reason , male marmosets have developed a rearing strategy whereby they greatly assist the mother by carrying , holding , and generally caring for infants while she is away eating elsewhere . |
| 4 | After protecting herself during her travelling years by dressing like a boy , she is temporarily hanging up her hat and exploring her sensual , feminine side . |
| 5 | She is either lying or crazy , he reasons , believing that Martin was incapable of such alien behaviour . |
| 6 | That she is probably dealing with a barren original only emphasizes the problems of conventionality . |
| 7 | But , unknown to him , she is assiduously exploring his past life , tracking down his ex-wives , children and step-children . |
| 8 | She is here doing research at the university with one of my husband 's oldest friends , and is staying a week or two here before moving to a flat . |
| 9 | She says that everyone dreams of winning a medal , but at the moment she is just hoping to get there . |
| 10 | Timing is of the essence , which is why so many youthful romances go awry ; she is just getting somewhere with her career but he has already arrived and wants her to be there for him , or vice versa . |
| 11 | She is just beginning a new book — but ‘ work is the worst thing in the world ’ . |
| 12 | The procedure continues for weeks with the man unable to tell the girl that he still buys the ticket even though he no longer has a car , and the girl not wanting to hurt his feelings by revealing that she is just taking a short cut , walking through the car park on her way to W. H. Smith . |
| 13 | Because if you read the motion she is just looking for the rights of an individual and rule , rule six in the rule book applies the laws of natural justice , which we 're all for , the C E C agree , we 're all for it . |
| 14 | She is just leaving . ’ |
| 15 | An hour into conversation and she is just starting to warm up . |
| 16 | The teacher may lead the discussion or the activity , but he or she is also learning from the students . |
| 17 | ‘ She is also learning to swim at school which before was impossible . |
| 18 | She is also demanding compensation for breach of trust . |
| 19 | ‘ She is also setting an example in these hard economic times and I think we should respect the Princess for this . ’ |
| 20 | Although some poems , especially her essays , suggest that she is also looking toward a wider audience , in the vast majority of poems she speaks specifically to some woman she knows . |
| 21 | It is interesting to note that while Joanne is reading The rats , circulating in the classroom as a sort of illicit ‘ dare ’ read , she is also reading the books of one of her favourite writers , Beatrix Potter . |
| 22 | She is also lobbying for relief for nurseries from the uniform business rate , in the same way as educational establishments ; she wants them to be zero-rated for VAT purposes and provided with loans for safety improvements and training . |
| 23 | She is also collecting reports of horses stolen to try to establish a link between the thieves across Britain and has started a Horse Watch group in her area , which works in a similar way to Neighbourhood Watch . |
| 24 | When Lady Macbeth welcomes Duncan , the fulsome insincerity of her verse is by now unmistakable to us : Yet , while feigning gratitude she is also expressing exactly the reasons why she ought to feel gratitude : The unusual and affected word ‘ hermits ’ points up her insincerity , while the content of the speech establishes the good they have received from Duncan . |
| 25 | But she is also reacting against a political ‘ fixer ’ style of leadership associated with the Labour Prime Ministers Mr Wilson and Mr Callaghan in the mid-1970s . |
| 26 | Not only is she busy sending out subscription forms to the existing 220 members , she is also coping with the dozens of enquiries from amateurs all over the world looking to turn professional . |
| 27 | She is also claiming compensation because doctors had to carry out a lifesaving hysterectomy . |
| 28 | She is also talking about her recent holiday in Aberdeen , for example . |
| 29 | She is also preparing individual books of each star sign 's future next year . |
| 30 | She is also making good progress at her spinning wheel . |