Example sentences of "[vb past] she be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 2 | She realized she was humming a pop song to herself , and blushed . |
| 3 | Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . |
| 4 | Winnie Bailey , the soul of tact , frequently visited , did what she could in an unobtrusive way , but knew she was fighting a losing battle . |
| 5 | The person started to read their paper on Moses , and I thought she was doing a good job of it , this guy suddenly got up and said , I 'm Jewish , I 'm not listening to any more of this , and stormed out . |
| 6 | And , well mummy thought she was doing a good |
| 7 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 8 | Once upon a time , she had been able to withstand Florentine summers better than any English woman she knew but of late they had begun to tire her , to make her feel that in everything she did she was pushing a large boulder up a hill . |
| 9 | Toni Halliday said she 's learned a great deal about women from men , ‘ and some men are able to write about the women we dream of being . ’ |
| 10 | Had she been making a genuine decision to refuse the treatment , it would be necessary in a case such as this to find out if the patient had received any advice as to the consequences of a refusal to accept treatment . |