Example sentences of "she [be] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Commonsense told her that her safety and her sanity could only be assured if she were to put a considerable distance between herself and the cottage . |
| 3 | Puts on airs as if she were running a literary salon . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So she 's to see a head man , is she ? |
| 5 | Cor she 's getting a fluffy coat is n't she , now ? |
| 6 | From what you said on the phone , she 's kept a low profile too , which is lucky . |
| 7 | She 's wearing a yellow paisley dress and she smells of flour . |
| 8 | She 's wearing a white dress . |
| 9 | She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church . |
| 10 | Frustratingly , the habit persists even when she 's holding a strong hand . |
| 11 | This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) . |
| 12 | Comic look at American racism in MRS DELAFIELD WANTS TO MARRY , where Katherine Hepburn shocks her family with the news she 's to wed a Jewish doctor . |
| 13 | She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’ |
| 14 | But she 's made a miraculous recovery , and has now been allowed home . |
| 15 | I do n't remember it being that much last year , but she 's using a different board this year so maybe that 's something to do with it . |
| 16 | She 's invited a close friend she wants us to meet . |
| 17 | A girlfriend of mine had the bags under her eyes removed but , two years later , she 's acquired a new set . |
| 18 | and she 's took a whole lot of Mandy and Neil ! |
| 19 | ‘ She 's doing a good job on sorting this Huerter thing , too . |
| 20 | But I think she 's doing a good job of bringing Thomas up I must say . . |
| 21 | ‘ I gather she 's making a great success of the English branch of the business . ’ |
| 22 | Now she 's opening a new science block as part of a two million pound development at Barnwood Park School in Gloucester . |
| 23 | She 's delighted a local team has won . |
| 24 | you know , if she 's covering a whole area . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's in the cottage hospital , still unconscious as far as I know — I 've left one of my boys there in case she comes to , but she 's running a high temperature and they 're afraid of bronchial pneumonia . |
| 26 | Now she 's started a local group . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's having a good time , ’ Nevil laughed . |
| 28 | When Mother Pig tells Tottie that she 's having a new baby , and that it might arrive on Tottie 's birthday , Tottie is n't very happy . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's having a bad day , ’ came the wry explanation . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |