Example sentences of "she be [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're really thirty , ’ said Catriona , trying to sound as if she were pretending she did n't believe it . |
| 2 | Even if she were to write she knew she would never post the letter . |
| 3 | . And she 's going she got out papers and pencil ! |
| 4 | ‘ She 's remembered she found a brochure for a hotel in Northumberland and she leapt to the conclusion that Garry was going to surprise her with an unexpected holiday . |
| 5 | And she was drowning she had to break her leg ! |
| 6 | Then , just as she was thinking she had better sound battle stations because he did n't look best pleased by what he saw , he suggested affably , ‘ Come on in , take a seat , ’ and indicated a chair at the other side of his desk . |
| 7 | Then realising to whom she was referring she stopped and , embarrassed now , she muttered , ‘ Well , it was a fib in a good cause ; we do n't want bairns scampering around this place , do we ? ’ |
| 8 | The moment she was seated he let her go , but she could still feel the imprint of his grip like iron wrapped in velvet . |
| 9 | She was wearing her felt hat and her tweed jacket with the jewelled brooch pinned to the lapel . |
| 10 | She was wearing something made out of towelling , I fancy . |
| 11 | Her hair had been done in the salon at the Grand ( paid for by TVS ) , and she was wearing what looked like a gypsy costume . |
| 12 | She was wearing what seemed to be a red silk ball gown , embroidered with silver flowers on the bodice and very long and full in the skirt . |
| 13 | The lady raised an admonitory finger in rebuke and the sergeant observed , to his surprise , that despite it being a hot summer 's day , she was wearing what appeared to be mittens . |
| 14 | She was wearing what appeared to be a borrowed jacket in place of her own heavy overcoat and shawl , something light enough to allow her to carry on even though the sun might go behind a cloud every now and again . |
| 15 | When she was questioned she told the officer she had consumed two glasses of wine at the school Christmas concert . ’ |
| 16 | When she was dressed she went out into the square to ring Mother . |
| 17 | When she was seen there seemed to be no good reason for this strange reversal in her clinical course . |
| 18 | And when she was drunk she snored . |
| 19 | ‘ When she was born she looked normal , but whenever her mother tried to cuddle her she screamed . |
| 20 | When she was born she had two sprouts of what seemed to be orange hay on her head . |
| 21 | And if she was staying she had to go shopping for groceries . |
| 22 | As she was undressing it began to rain again , and soon it was bucketing down . |
| 23 | ‘ When she was gone we felt miserable , angry with her and like criminals . |
| 24 | When she was gone he looked around . |
| 25 | When she was gone he turned and looked after her , feeling the touch of her still , the warmth on his cheek where she had kissed him . |
| 26 | And the worst betrayal of all was the fact that , even as she sat there , she was wishing she had had those few short months … |
| 27 | Before she was killed she 'd been sexually abused . |
| 28 | Our Pam at Tesco did n't she she was telling us did n't she ? |
| 29 | She was imagining him shocked by what Mr Gillman said , leaving without a word , returning to the pet shop and alone there ever since , brooding on his disappointment and her treachery . |
| 30 | Then she started running wildly through the streets , and when she was exhausted she stopped and burst into tears . |