Example sentences of "she be not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alina 's just a guest in the house , she 's not a personal masseuse . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why should that worry you ? ’ inquired Memet , and for a horrid moment she thought that he was warning her not to speak ill of the love of his life , but he went on : ‘ She 's not a nice woman , ’ he said . |
| 3 | It would n't be so bad , er she 's not a nervous type normally and it 's the only person that 's sort of made her go completely nervous . |
| 4 | She 's not a good patient . |
| 5 | She 's not a great friend , I hope ? |
| 6 | ‘ As you can see she 's not a juvenile and we only got her because she was caught in a trap set by one of the sheep farmers and broke a wing . |
| 7 | You know , you underrate that little girl , she 's not a naive miss , she 's funny , she 's witty . |
| 8 | She 's not a bad lass , is she ? ’ |
| 9 | She 's not a bad kid . ’ |
| 10 | She 's not a bad sort but there are times when I could shake her . ’ |
| 11 | She 's not a bad person , actually I quite like Elaine Paige but er I hate that record . |
| 12 | ‘ Mandy , she 's not a bad person so much as a sick one . |
| 13 | But she 's not a bad person like , she 's |
| 14 | but she 's co , you know , she 's not a bad person , but she just tells such really |
| 15 | ‘ She 's not a qualified nurse . |
| 16 | And I imagine she 's not a forgiving woman at the best of times . |
| 17 | She 's not a happy person . |
| 18 | ‘ But she 's not a complaining sort of person . |
| 19 | When I came home late after working overtime they 'd say , ‘ she is not a good woman we must not keep her in our house . ’ |
| 20 | was delighted to tell you that we have already received our first nomination for this position in 1992. has been nominated and seconded and , as she is not a current elected member of the Executive Committee , it has been decided to invite her to the remaining Executive meetings as an observer so that she gets used to how the Society functions . |
| 21 | She is not a communicant member because she does n't find herself worthy to come to the lord 's table . |
| 22 | She is not a natural leader and does not like to be in charge . |
| 23 | As her best friend , Carolyn Bartholomew observes of the woman she has known since they were schoolgirls : ‘ She is not a happy person but she once was and it is my dearest hope that one day she will find the happiness she truly deserves . ’ |
| 24 | She is not a bad woman — quite the contrary — but curiosity can be a destructive thing . ’ |
| 25 | She was not a violent demonstrator as a suffragette but she worked hard for the women 's vote , and at times vociferously at public meetings . |
| 26 | Although she was not a tall woman , she had to stoop low to get through the doorway . |
| 27 | She was not a tall woman , being a hand 's width shorter than Cleo , but her small frame was crammed with energy . |
| 28 | She was not a tall woman , but the classic smoothness of her grey hair , immaculately dressed , gave her an air of distinction . |
| 29 | She was not a passive little thing |
| 30 | At least , he thought , he supposed he must be grateful that she was not a complete agoraphobic like her mother . |