Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] usually " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4.00pm Liz finds time for a cup of tea , but she 's usually still busy . |
| 2 | ‘ I think she 's usually at lunch from twelve till one . |
| 3 | So erm , she 's usually the one who would have staggered round |
| 4 | ‘ Well , she 's usually particular who rides Leopold , but she seems to have taken a shine to the boy . |
| 5 | So we sort of switched all around now , so she eats with us at half past six stroke seven , goes up for a bath at seven thirty , eight o'clock and she 's in bed by nine , then she , she 's usually asleep by half past ten , but eh , it seems to have cured the problem we had with her , wanting , wanting me all the time , after she 's gone to bed . |
| 6 | I mean you get to this stage where a certain age you can say no you 're not having it because they 've got to start to grow up at some point and she likes using the felt tips and she 's usually not too bad with them |
| 7 | If the character moves sideways with the head , body and arms in some way averted from the front , i.e. croisé , possibly with a twist of the shoulders , he or she is usually playing some evil or cunning person . |
| 8 | She is usually shown wearing a religious habit ( although she was never a nun ) and either surrounded by or wearing garlands of roses . |
| 9 | When other staff are away Margaret appears to be left keeping the ship afloat by answering messages , doing jobs that are not really hers , and by the end of most days she is usually totally exhausted . |
| 10 | Because babies grow inside their mother , because she is usually the person to feed and physically care for them , and because she provides the emotional anchorage which makes exploration possible , she has enormous importance . |
| 11 | She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ . |
| 12 | Every bride looks beautiful — this is partly because of what she is wearing and partly because she is usually glowing with happiness . |
| 13 | She was the wife of SHIVA in Hindu mythology ; the Queen of Death and Terror , she is usually represented as drinking the blood of a victim and dancing on his corpse . |
| 14 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 15 | She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ . |
| 16 | Yet he or she is usually limited by lack of resources , lack of accommodation , lack of contact outside the institution and downright sexual repressiveness within from any sexual expression whatever . |
| 17 | She is usually without parents or a ‘ protective ’ relationship … . |
| 18 | He or she is usually a well-known public figure , who need not have any connection with the academic world ( such as a member of the Royal Family ) . |
| 19 | The chief academic and administrative officer of a Scottish university , he or she is usually styled ‘ principal and vice chancellor ’ , the latter title used when standing in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions . |
| 20 | ‘ She is usually so impervious to any softer womanly emotions , and we all know her opinion of her husband . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , the woman in the photographs with you is usually different . |
| 22 | The seat next to him is usually left empty , partly for weight and C of G considerations , but also because some of the aircraft have dual controls . |
| 23 | The best place for him is usually aloft , flying high , as soon as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's usually our number they ring , ’ Miss Pinkney said . |
| 25 | It 's usually 95 degrees and humid , so it 's not for the lighthearted . ’ |
| 26 | Let's face it , it 's usually good photographs that attract walkers to a specific place and often convey far more than words can . |
| 27 | It 's usually rock salmon , you know , but I think she 's expecting again and whiting must lie less heavily on the stomach , I feel sure . ’ |
| 28 | In a Plinian eruption , it 's usually impossible to pin down the site of the vent exactly , since it stands a high chance of being obliterated or destroyed by the eruption itself . |
| 29 | It 's usually ( but does n't have to be ) a month after contracts have been exchanged . |
| 30 | It 's usually best if it is linked with reminiscence ( see page 123 ) . |