Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 2 | ‘ Never mind , ’ called McAllister , ‘ needs must … ’ and wobbled down Vetch Street , praying that she arrived at her destination in one piece , the balance of the wretched thing being all wrong , especially with the overloaded basket at the front . |
| 3 | And erm , it s it seems to be an entirely er rational position for any public politician , for instance , Mrs Thatcher before the seventy-nine election , denying that she had any plans to double V A T , or Mr Major denying some of the plans for raising taxes that we 've come up with , or indeed denying plans to privatise the forestry commission . |
| 4 | There was no denying that she 'd caught his interest . |
| 5 | ‘ Your wife is Guy 's sister ? ’ asked Isabel , in her curiosity not even noticing that she had used fitzAlan 's given name . |
| 6 | On May 23 she issued a statement announcing that she had declined to accept the party presidency . |
| 7 | When Jennifer rushed in at 7.15 , explaining that she had caught the bus home , Sue , her flatmate , raised her eyebrows . |
| 8 | My aunt was explaining that she had come up to visit me . |
| 9 | She unpacked her suitcase , explaining that she had , on this occasion , brought none of her ‘ little delicacies ’ with her . |
| 10 | Harriet 's explaining that she gives a service , something about helping people realize their dreams . |
| 11 | A doctor jilted by a nurse took revenge by falsely diagnosing that she had the Aids virus . |
| 12 | He was simply checking that she had considered all the angles before reaching her decision to go . |
| 13 | When she 'd finished she got her bag and anorak , checking that she had enough in her purse for bus fare , and let herself out the kitchen door . |
| 14 | She pulled the zip of her bag shut and glanced around the room , checking that she had n't forgotten anything she would need . |
| 15 | But Georgie then pulled a master-stroke by revealing that she had a talent for automatic writing . |
| 16 | Crown counsel informed defence counsel of an inconsistency between the sister 's testimony and her first statement without showing him that statement or revealing that she had made a second statement confirming the first statement in that respect . |
| 17 | ‘ Barney 's as thrilled as I am , ’ Cara replied , revealing that she had phoned him as soon as she 'd read her mail . |
| 18 | Her robe hung open , revealing that she wore only a brief pair of panties . |
| 19 | A double page spread appeared in the Mail , featuring Beattie 's real mother , Zelma , in her house in Hull , and revealing that she prefers to use Mercury as it 's cheaper . |
| 20 | She had the door open at the moment with these bloody dogs yapping and she looked at me and said I ca n't hear them ! |
| 21 | She would n't be laughing if she knew how close she was to disaster . |
| 22 | She said she 'd realised how tired your parents were becoming and she knew that if she wanted to remain at home on a long-term basis she would have to have some form of respite care . |
| 23 | I know perfectly well , but I 'm not explaining if she does n't know what I 'm talking about . |
| 24 | Alain came in without even knocking and she turned on him with furious hurt . |
| 25 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 26 | she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind |
| 27 | A woman was driving and she parked beside our land-cruiser , nodding to us briefly as she stepped out onto the road and flung a series of questions at the Indian , half in Spanish and half in a more guttural tongue , which I took to be Quechua . |
| 28 | it is n't , it 's Bryony 's space suit , give her , otherwise she 'll be squeaking cos she wants her own , here 's yours James , you have your own , give that one to Bryony , here 's your space suit Bryony , you 'll need this if you 're going to the moon |
| 29 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
| 30 | I do n't know why they started laughing and she started laughing and her laughing 's like |