Example sentences of "[verb] she [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has she always been like that or is this ? |
| 2 | Has she always been like this or is |
| 3 | ‘ Has she ever been admitted to this hospital before ? ’ |
| 4 | Has she ever been over before ? |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , I would hate to find she really was — ’ |
| 6 | The prejudice against saying or writing she generically is extremely strong , and the habit of saying he deeply ingrained . |
| 7 | At a glance you could think she really was asleep . ’ |
| 8 | Charlotte heard the front door close and realized she alone was watching as the white halo of the headlamps traced his progress along the drive . |
| 9 | For sh she was a good mother you know she really was a good mother . |
| 10 | If I tried to picture Mum now like she really is , getting a Sainsbury 's pizza out of the freezer in the kitchen or doing up the seatbelt of her silver Ford Fiesta , I could n't . |
| 11 | So Ken 's function was also to show her how admired and loved she still was . |
| 12 | Dressed in a pair of designer jeans that were stretched over her buttocks like clingfilm , and with blotchy skin without a trace of make-up , she looked closer to fifty than the forty Dexter knew she really was . |
| 13 | She was sitting down at the table ; he thought she really was looking very ill and wretched but his tender pride kept him silent . |
| 14 | ‘ I think she now is n't as sure as she says she is . ’ |
| 15 | The mayor of Darlington , Coun. Mrs Rita Fishwick , said she too was disappointed . |
| 16 | My mother said she never was without . |
| 17 | Had she somehow been drugged ? |
| 18 | Had he singled her out or had she simply been the unfortunate rider nearest to him ? |
| 19 | Was she a rare and special creature , some fabulous beauty , of whom Jeopardy had been fond , or had she simply been a vessel for his seed ? |
| 20 | What had she secretly been yearning to hear him say ? |
| 21 | In no way had she ever been prepared for the life she was now expected to lead and Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings . |
| 22 | Ellie was now eighteen years old , and in all those years she had never travelled in a taxi-cab , nor had she ever been into the heart of Boston . |
| 23 | Had she ever been so tired in her life before ? |
| 24 | She was not frigid , but nor had she ever been a slave to purely carnal temptations ; because she had always placed a higher value on mental and emotional stimulation than on physical . |
| 25 | Had she really been sent to him by the spirit of True Valiance himself , to test his chivalry and honour ? |
| 26 | Had she really been so innocent that she 'd forgotten how passionately he could kiss ? |
| 27 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 28 | He said it warmly and gently , and at this Lydia was surprised since she had thought her remarks somewhat offensive and would not have made them had she still been in love with Finn and desirous of his good opinion . |
| 29 | Or had she only been cold because she 'd known of her husband 's friendship with a beautiful young Irish girl ? |
| 30 | ‘ And apart from Barbra arriving late — which she would n't have done had she only been given one hairdresser instead of three , because all three insisted on fixing her hair , and that took time — everything went smoothly . ’ |