Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] she [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , opening them again , she resumed her earlier apologetic furtiveness and , like a nocturnal animal twitching before a predator , begged her sister not to laugh , not to make fun of her , not to comment straight away or say she was an idiot or slap her down , but please , please , to let her have her dream about him just for a night . |
| 2 | She bought herself a ring and pretended she was a widow . ’ |
| 3 | She said the girl discussed with her mother what she would do if something similar happened to her , before clamming up and denying she was a victim . |
| 4 | Anne Cullen has spent nearly half of her twenty two years of married life pregnant … and says she 's the happiest mum in the world . |
| 5 | But an English ex-social worker has come forward after seeing her picture in TODAY and claimed she is a youngster he once counselled . |
| 6 | The first statement issued by COPREFA , the armed forces press office , declared that she had been killed in combat and claimed she was a guerrilla combatant who operated under the name of Comandante Lucia . |
| 7 | A girl who pummels a destructive little brother who ruins her toys and finds she is the one who gets into trouble feels hurt and angry . |
| 8 | Mother called her Aunt Mary , and thought she was a grand woman , She had children of her own , you see , and would try and persuade Aunt Bessie to be a little less strict with Mother . |
| 9 | Finally , he swore and said she was a bad wife and if another woman of greater warmth came his way , no one could accuse him of adultery in taking her . |
| 10 | Fenella was seated next to Inchbad , who patted her hand and said she was a pretty little thing , but seemed preoccupied . |
| 11 | ‘ She came into the van and said she was the new person on the block or whatever — and bang — there she was , ’ Jason recalls . |
| 12 | The book emerged on Monday , on Wednesday was broadcast as a play , on Thursday Daniel George ( Dan , Dan , the literary man , John calls him ) spoke on the wireless and said she was the greatest writer of her day , and on Sunday morning the book was discussed by a querulous little bunch called ‘ The Critics ’ , who seem to be part of the Establishment , and on Sunday afternoon , lo and behold , the television ( commercial ) went into Braemar Mansions itself , where she was interviewed by Alan Pryce-Jones [ then Editor of The Times Literary Supplement ] … . |
| 13 | Star Woody wants custody of three children from his 12-year relationship with Mia and claims she is a bad mother . |
| 14 | Or take the old woman who is really a slave to the Gluttony of Delicacy but thinks she is the very model of abstinence : She is a positive terror to hostesses and servants . |
| 15 | Goldie still oozes little girl charm , but admits she 's a family woman at heart . |