Example sentences of "[be] [verb] she [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Luce is fond of you and she does n't want to hurt you , but you 're putting her in an impossible situation by your pig-headedness . |
2 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
3 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
4 | There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal . |
5 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
6 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
7 | ‘ She 's turned her into a proper little snob ! ’ |
8 | " Well … something 's put her in a bad form … " |
9 | ( ‘ We seem to have been crowning her for a whole year . |
10 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
11 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
12 | Looking impossibly handsome in his formal wedding clothes , he was surveying her with a fierce intensity that not only made her blush furiously , but caused her pulses to race almost out of control . |
13 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
14 | Carolyn was ignoring her like a sulky child . |
15 | Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl ! |
16 | As the abrasive words poured into her ears , he was moving her against an ornamental lacquerwork cabinet of hip height and bending her backwards , a hand dealing with the intricacies of her bustier with a sure skill that bore witness to a wealth of experience with even the most esoteric of feminine garments . |
17 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
18 | And then , almost at once , his iron control seemed to snap , and he was kissing her with a frenzied , pent-up , impatient longing that was totally beyond anything she 'd ever experienced before . |
19 | It was all she was capable of saying for quite some time , for he had captured her lips again and was kissing her with a deeper intensity . |
20 | She had £8,000 in the Gibraltar fund , a substantial slice of which was providing her with a monthly income . |
21 | He was treating her like a cheap pick-up . |
22 | Yanto grunted some inaudible remark and was introducing her to a goggle-eyed Billy as Nigger joined them . |
23 | Her eyes were adjusting to the darkness , and now she could see that he had folded his arms over the enticing broadness of his chest and was watching her with a challenging glitter in his eyes . |
24 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
25 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
26 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |