Example sentences of "she be [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 He carried her as if she were no more than a disobedient child back down the path to the fountain .
2 With a brief nod , as though she were no more than a casual acquaintance , he closed the door .
3 And he had spoken of her as though she were no more than a female to be used and then discarded .
4 You have only to read her bestselling books , In the Shadow of Man and Through a Window , to recognise that by temperament she is a romantic and a child of nature .
5 Now that it was over Edward seemed to have gone a very long way away from her , as if she was no more than a stranger to whom he was giving a lift .
6 Then she skirted the table , gripped her stepmother by the shoulders , and began to shake her as if she was no more than a rag doll .
7 Now another life was about to begin , one in which she was no more than a surname and number , a woman who had lifted her hand in salute and sworn allegiance to King and country .
8 They say she was no more than a skeleton .
9 However much she 'd fallen in love with Rohan , to him she was no more than a passing fancy , to be enjoyed then discarded .
10 Smaller she grew , and smaller yet , till she was no larger than a monkey .
11 And I 'll have to get a two look , cos she was a thirteen and a half so I bought a one .
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