Example sentences of "she [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With dark hair cut quite short so that it revealed his classically shaped head , a deep tan finished with some light freckles , piercing blue eyes and a mouth that was generous in laughter and very straight and sober when he was absorbed in work , he had become the standard against which any other man she met was measured … and fell short . |
| 2 | For example , if every time you tell the typist that your work is very urgent the result seems to be that the job arrives late , then maybe she hates being put under pressure and reacts in the opposite way that you want . |
| 3 | She hates being photographed and wonders if she should ever have chosen a career in television . |
| 4 | She instructed them on what had happened and what she had done , and what she recommended be done next . |
| 5 | Whatever she made was done to suit her taste . |
| 6 | One of the changes she made was to include a check in the action , abandoning what had become a ‘ bouncing ’ action , not through any fault in her father 's design but because the technique of those whose ‘ strength ’ knew ‘ no moderation ’ had superseded those whose playing was ‘ soft and melting ’ Between 1796 , when von Schönfeld used those words , and 1809 when Reichardt wrote his letter , the potential of the new instrument became generally accepted in Vienna . |
| 7 | The word was high-pitched and the sisters glanced at each other and laughed in their different keys , and they all repeated together , ‘ Me ? ’ and Belle , looking from Rene to Florence , said , ‘ Who does she think is going to wear it , one of us ? ’ |
| 8 | What does she think 's happening to education ? |
| 9 | Else says a shiver went up 'er spine , and she knew she 'ad been called . ’ |
| 10 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 11 | Now all she wants is to get her son back . |
| 12 | And she want 's to change over cos she 's moved into that bit of the town , they 'll they 'll get her sorted out . |
| 13 | Yes it 's alright , it 's time go , she want 's to come and watch you go . |
| 14 | Even more bizarre , she has been reciting the works of a French philosopher throughout the operation while a black stripper dances in the background . |
| 15 | But she has been given special dispensation to play in two events in her home state before that birthday . |
| 16 | The likelihood of a syphilitic mother passing the infection on when she is pregnant diminishes the longer she has had the disease , and when she has been given an adequate course of anti-syphilitic treatment , there is no chance of her infecting her unborn child unless she herself becomes reinfected . |
| 17 | What happens if a customer complains that she has been given the wrong change ? |
| 18 | Pat shares some of the problems she has solved and tips she has been given before answering the questions raised at this month 's meeting . |
| 19 | Not only does the USSR understand the reality of modern war ; she has been given — perhaps uniquely — a glimpse into war as it might occur in future . |
| 20 | Since talking to me , she has been given a council house about fifteen miles from her family home , so at last she and Sean can get on with their lives together . |
| 21 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 22 | She has been seen several times over the years . |
| 23 | She has been seen visiting AIDS victims in hospices , and shaking hands with them , thus dispelling the fear of infection by touch . |
| 24 | But though her well catalogued activities are relatively blameless , she has been seen , sometimes near houses , and with no other wolves to keep her company , she has mixed with dogs . |
| 25 | Beforehand , her PR people urge me not to ask her about Eric Clapton ( with whom she has been seen dining on at least one occasion at San Lorenzo 's in London ) , but that she would be willing to talk about her alcoholism . |
| 26 | Julie says she has been assured he wo n't have to serve the full sentence . |
| 27 | He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme . |
| 28 | First because he or she has been regarded ( especially in psychoanalytic theory ) as one who fears the difference of the ‘ other ’ or opposite sex , and , in flight from it , narcissistically embraces the same sex instead . |
| 29 | She has been regarded as a patron saint of hares ever since . |
| 30 | She has been called the mourning Athena , since the bent head suggests grief . |