Example sentences of "she was [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , whether Mrs Thatcher meant by ‘ us ’ , the British , the Government , or whether she was using again the royal ‘ we ’ , is not clear . |
| 2 | She had a computer actually on the it was on the side of a surveying instrument , so she was probably working out how far down she 'd actually dug by looking through the sights and reading the numbers and then she was entering up the numbers on the computer . |
| 3 | Then one evening as she was tidying up the room he said as quietly as if he were taking rifle aim , ‘ There 's no need for you to go turning the whole place upside down . |
| 4 | Now she was acting out the ill-fitting role of a protective mother , and protective of what ? |
| 5 | She was picking up the knack . |
| 6 | THE Lawson affair rumbled on in the Commons yesterday with the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , asking the Prime Minister why she did not ‘ tell the truth ’ when she was asked why the former Chancellor of the Exchequer resigned by television interviewer Brian Walden . |
| 7 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 8 | She was hanging about the waterfront when she heard steps behind her . |
| 9 | Then she heard Christ speaking to her , saying that she would have victory over all her enemies , and that she was to give up the hair-cloth that she wore and her continual saying of the Rosary , but must stop eating meat . |
| 10 | She was screwing up the courage to suggest she cook him a meal over the weekend when he glanced at his watch . |
| 11 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 12 | Barefooted and bare-armed , she was bringing in the cows from the fields for milling . |
| 13 | She sits stunned , as if she was dragged out the same water , half-drowned , an hour ago and has n't got over the cold . |
| 14 | The van would arrive every evening to give food to the homeless living on the streets and she was serving up the soup when she saw a man sitting in the doorway . |
| 15 | And she 'd , she 'd even get her girlfriend 's mother to ring up to say she was staying there the night , the mothers used to s ring up Joan tell them that it was al alright for er for er Andrea to stay there the night and she was never , she was camping out in the fields with a crowd of them oh |
| 16 | And suddenly she was hearing again the doctor 's words , ‘ and you had no … sisters , ’ and feeling the shock she had experienced then . |
| 17 | She was holding up the collar of her blouse and gradually twisting it . |
| 18 | She was expressing much the same sentiments as Bob Boothby had expressed in his last letter to me , and which I have heard other old people express too . |
| 19 | Or if she was torn then the doctor would come er and stitch her up . |
| 20 | Then when she was going out the next day and I made no attempt to open it , she said ‘ Where 's yer manners ? ‘ |
| 21 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |
| 22 | Well I think , she said she was going down the shops , so I said ah can you just wait just a sec , I 'll go and get my wallet and I 'll be down she said not to worry she 'd got money anyway whe when I got there she bumped to Maggi and then you 'd gone and then |
| 23 | She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling . |
| 24 | In no time at all , she was hurrying down the hallway towards the nursery , where she swept in to announce , ‘ It 's such a glorious day , Mr Turnbull , I think we 'll cut short Richard 's lessons and I 'll take him out in the sunshine . ’ |
| 25 | She was fighting back the tears , and her throat hurt . |
| 26 | She was walking up the Mound to do the lunch shift at the Right and Wrong . |
| 27 | Whether or not her swingometer led her to an appropriate purchasing decision , he has n't heard ; in fact , she was dowsing only the organic wines , so it was n't a completely random process . |
| 28 | Once , it had seemed that the candle of her life would burn only till Christmas , and that it was towards that single point that she was spinning out the last hours of her life . |
| 29 | A girl from another broken family ‘ used to sleep in the same bed as grandma — I was sleeping with her the night she was found dead the following morning . ’ |
| 30 | She was sweeping out the yard while Bella cooked the lunch and sang to the baby . |