Example sentences of "she be [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 2 | He paused , then added dispassionately , ‘ Had she been born a man , those traits would have made her an excellent ruler . ’ |
| 3 | As part of National Vegetarian Week , she 's created a menu which takes vegetables off the back burner and puts sauce into eating without meat . |
| 4 | She 's sent a letter to her sister Bernadine talking of her feelings of inadequacy . |
| 5 | She looks at me like she 's asked a question and she wants me to answer . |
| 6 | Looking ahead she 's pleased a lot of new courses are coming on-stream now particularly linking European languages or Management with other areas , whether it is Science or Engineering . |
| 7 | " She 's swallowed a needle , " she sobbed . |
| 8 | Instead of the pure , clear cut tones we 're used to , she sings as if she 's swallowed a bag of sugarcubes complete with bag . |
| 9 | Over the last three years she 's developed a hardness that Mother never had . |
| 10 | She 's written a couple of times , and now she 's arrived in person . |
| 11 | Now she 's written a book about her flying adventures . |
| 12 | Now she 's written a book about her flying adventures . |
| 13 | She 's built a wall around herself . |
| 14 | She 's done a bunk , Mr Trilby said to himself and he went away to inform the School Governors that the Headmistress had apparently vanished . |
| 15 | Once she 's done a course in massage and has her certificate she can work here . |
| 16 | She 's been around , Eva , and she 's seen a lot . |
| 17 | Dr Kent thinks she 's reached a plateau , and the odds are she wo n't have to go to intensive care . ’ |
| 18 | And then she 's made a hash of that an' all . |
| 19 | She 's got a trolley basket and a couple of placky bags full of stuff and she 's made a sort of seat out of them so she 's real comfy like . |
| 20 | She 's made a lot this year . ’ |
| 21 | She 's become a bit of a star herself and I 'm very happy for her . |
| 22 | She may not trust you , so ask if she 's heard a loo flush in the night . |
| 23 | Should the man concerned think better of the relationship ( probably being more prey to the office gossips ) , not only is the woman left feeling she 's suffered a loss of face , as well as emotional hurt , but also bad feeling at the office may impair her work . |
| 24 | They 've got her started and she 's blown a gasket . |
| 25 | ’ Excitedly she 's thrust a hand at me , her rapture transparent in her broad smile and shining eyes . |
| 26 | She 's only 21 and she 's crammed a lot into a very short space of time . ’ |
| 27 | And though she 's spent a lot of time onstage talking about how pretty she is , it 's only quite recently she started to believe it herself . |
| 28 | on your interview she said I want you tell us because at the end of the , your interview she said , it 'll help us to do the others , so they told us , giving me different situations , she 's took a patient out to a cafe and the patient pinched a cake and eaten it , what would you do ? |
| 29 | ‘ Thank you for calling , ’ she says when she 's recovered a bit . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's improved a lot since then . |