Example sentences of "she [verb] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , curiously giving her inordinate pleasure , ‘ I 'm in no great hurry , ’ he replied , with what she realised was a natural charm . |
| 2 | But the most she got was a hasty and inexpensive meal after the evening performance on the nights he wanted her to go to bed with him . |
| 3 | some she want 's a some vegetable samosas , thank you very much . |
| 4 | Since having her daughter Chiara , five , and son Joshua , three , she has been a full-time mother in rural Wiltshire , and her looks have taken a back seat . |
| 5 | I know she is old and wo n't last forever , but she has been a good and loyal friend to me and I will stand by her . |
| 6 | She has been a civil servant for over 30 years and has worked at the town 's county court for 24 years . |
| 7 | She did not even try to prevent my journey , although she has been a perfect tyrant these many weeks , making me keep my bed ! |
| 8 | She has been a tireless worker for the party since the Truro MPs death in a road crash in 1986 . |
| 9 | She has been a keen walker and rock climber for many years and has climbed in the Alps , Pyrenees and Dolomites . |
| 10 | With her extended white cloud of frizzed hair she has been a constant , if sometimes startling , presence in the New York underground art scene for many a year . |
| 11 | She went through his pockets but all she found was a spare clip for the FN FAL . |
| 12 | What she needs is a hard working man who can let her blossom as a person . ’ |
| 13 | All she needs is a few weeks of expert tuition . ’ |
| 14 | In the 1920s , she 'd been a great beauty and a sharp dresser . |
| 15 | Dear God , she was nothing but skin and bone , and she 'd been a tiny slip of a thing to start with . |
| 16 | In real life she 'd been a poor shepherdess who lived in a dungeon and had asthma . |
| 17 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 18 | She 'd even felt the odd pang of nostalgia for the old days when she 'd been a young wet-behind-the-ears singer , just beginning to make her way up the ladder . |
| 19 | On the few occasions she 'd spent holidays at home she 'd been a social outcast among her contemporaries . |
| 20 | He had wooed her with hunger tempered with tenderness , lifting her to heights of fulfilment she could never have even imagined before she had met him , and she 'd been a willing , eager vessel , wreaking her woman 's power over him , submitting joyfully to his possession until in the final moment of consummation she had robbed him of his strength , leaving him as helpless as Samson shorn of his crowning glory . |
| 21 | Her mum would never had done anything so untidy or indiscreet , and she 'd been a Tory all her life . |
| 22 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 23 | ‘ Ah , well , she had something special to do this morning , ’ Maggie said in what she imagined was a soothing voice , well aware that once again she was keeping a secret from Mitch . |
| 24 | In what she acknowledged was a difficult year for the Scottish party , Mrs McGuire admitted the party had yet to fully come to terms with the election defeat last April . |
| 25 | She expressed being a sensitive person who needed company ( she always had the radio on ) , she was n't thirsty and she liked the heating on but had to have windows open . |
| 26 | The way in which she copes is a real test of her understanding . |
| 27 | she goes , she started being a cocky little bitch , she 's only fucking nineteen |
| 28 | she started being a cocky little bitch , and she wears make- up , really plasters it on |
| 29 | ‘ Have you lived in this area long ? ’ she decided was a safe enough question after a lull when another beer was brought to him . |
| 30 | Would she have been a normal and contented woman had she not been Nicolae 's sister , or did her willingness to abuse every chance to profiteer from her position and to humiliate those she disliked reflect a deeply unpleasant cast in the Ceauşescu genes ? |