Example sentences of "[verb] she be [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
2 | Where has she been for the last decade ? |
3 | He 'd called her Rory earlier in the evening — when they 'd been dancing , when he 'd kissed her and made her completely forget she was in the middle of a crowd of people . |
4 | ‘ She says she 's in the garden ! ’ he thought . |
5 | " Some woman says she 's from the paper . |
6 | He would n't miss her right away , and even if he looked up and saw the empty stool he 'd probably assume she was inside the hut . |
7 | Their own anger with their mother for not being there is then attributed to her , and their fear results from believing she is in the rage that they themselves are in . |
8 | A well-preserved and slightly more elaborate example is a large limestone statuette in the Louvre ( fig. 12 ) , known as the Lady of Auxerre since when first noticed she was in the museum there . |
9 | I — er — do not think she is in the best of spirits . |
10 | For a minute she did n't know where she was and , as she realised she was at the farm , fear stayed firmly with her . |
11 | ‘ You mean she 's in the will ? ’ demanded Araminta shrilly . |
12 | Then , realising she was on the verge of helpless tears , she made a valiant effort to pull herself together . |
13 | But police have told Adrian that even though the driver admitted she was in the wrong , she 's unlikely to be prosecuted . |
14 | I could see she was on the point of leaving . |
15 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
16 | As the news of Diana 's snubs emerged , Royal author Andrew Morton claimed she was on the verge of leaving the Royal Family . |
17 | Oxford the red hot favourites have made 3 changes to their lineup in the run up to this year 's race and Sam was only told she was in the boat at the weekend . |
18 | I suspect she 's for the chop . |
19 | The Labour leader said that in her supposed splendid isolation from Europe , Margaret Thatcher showed she was from the Greta Garbo school of diplomacy . |
20 | ‘ I would like to do something to help like bringing her home but I know she is in the best place . ’ |
21 | Grandma used to always say , Oh I know she 's on the bus because I can see her here . |
22 | But when the time comes to leave , she ca n't help going in a showbiz way , negotiating the steps of the Ritz in her towering leopard-skin stilettos like she 's on the set of a Busby Berkeley musical . |
23 | Of all the ways to commit a murder , is n't it a strange coincidence that Angy was stabbed in the throat , just like she was in the portrait ? ’ |
24 | I suppose she was in the kitchen , perhaps avoiding me , and perhaps the boy had been instructed to entertain me . |
25 | Coming to , Barbara finds she is in the cabin of a wrecked spacecraft from Earth . |
26 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
27 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |
28 | They knew she was on the Union Committee and they were afraid of her . |
29 | She knew she was on the edge of tears . |
30 | Yet they all seemed to stand in that wind Ruth could n't feel , and she knew she was in the presence of men greater than kings . |