Example sentences of "[v-ing] and she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Alain came in without even knocking and she turned on him with furious hurt . |
| 4 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 5 | she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I do n't know why they started laughing and she started laughing and her laughing 's like |
| 9 | Her own sons lie groaning and she suckles strangers . |
| 10 | Well I know the night Lindsey was smoking and she had or something but smelt the smoke on her breath and he got the belt and he gave her a belt and I lay in bed Kay and I cried |
| 11 | Such thoughts were always unsettling and she refused to spoil a perfect summer morning by dwelling on the matter now . |
| 12 | But custom , who holds all things in her grip , especially the train of courtship in the Noonday of Italy , demanded that he take the initiative in wooing and she remain wordless , especially in company . |
| 13 | And er and she said he enjoys it and he goes to playgroup I think he must go to Dennington playgroup cos he 's going to Dennington school , and he enjoys sitting down and being , likes looking at books and he 's started writing and she said actually she said I 'm really panicking because I 'm frightened that I might be teaching him wrong and that I 'm I said well why do n't you pop in and have a word at the school ? |
| 14 | ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said . |
| 15 | He sounded accusing and she glared at him wildly . |
| 16 | Her tears were easing and she gave a long gurgling sniff , reaching , it seemed , deep into her empty body . |
| 17 | It was not until they had finished eating and she had suggested having their coffee ‘ in more comfortable seats ’ , as she put it — he was careful to avoid the sofa — that she said , in mock reproach , ‘ You 've been very quiet , Freddie . |
| 18 | One lady thought we were turfing and she said could we turf the lawn for her ? |
| 19 | Oh that 's very nice of you but I did n't know whether you were or not and she phoned , no I phoned her and she 's going and she said she 'd come for me so |
| 20 | She 's going and she dies right , she 's so happy , she 's got a good one . |
| 21 | She tried to grin back at him , but suddenly , unaccountably , her teeth were chattering and she gave an enormous , involuntary shudder . |
| 22 | The treatment meted out was degrading and she had hated the middle classes ever after . |
| 23 | It was true — walls were crumbling and she had better make sure that new ones were not built . |
| 24 | I do n't know if you remember but ages ago , round about October time she borrowed some stuff for the Brownies , for erm , for Sian , Sian was going camping and she had n't got shorts or anything , so she borrowed it off me , I was thinking of Stacey starting , I wanted the t I 'm not bothered about the shorts , but I want the T-shirt and I 'm just gon na get Stacey the culottes and she can wear her shorts and the cardigan with it buy , when she first starts and then we could , Deana 's moving up to Guides this , so she can have that sweatshirt of er , I mean they 're nine pound |
| 25 | Richard 's face was bleeding and she knew he was shouting up at the people . |
| 26 | It was only a small cut , but it was bleeding and she put her hand over it to try and stop it . |
| 27 | Rachel could sense her father 's anger rising and she knew she had to defuse the situation quickly . |
| 28 | She 's come down now to take over buying and she thinks Dave 's a wanker . |
| 29 | But I looked at Mother as they were kissing and she had seen all right . |
| 30 | He had n't asked where she was staying and she had n't told him , so how had he known which hotel to bring her to ? |