Example sentences of "she [vb past] 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 | She went through his pockets but all she found was a spare clip for the FN FAL . |
| 4 | In the 1920s , she 'd been a great beauty and a sharp dresser . |
| 5 | Dear God , she was nothing but skin and bone , and she 'd been a tiny slip of a thing to start with . |
| 6 | In real life she 'd been a poor shepherdess who lived in a dungeon and had asthma . |
| 7 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On the few occasions she 'd spent holidays at home she 'd been a social outcast among her contemporaries . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Her mum would never had done anything so untidy or indiscreet , and she 'd been a Tory all her life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | she goes , she started being a cocky little bitch , she 's only fucking nineteen |
| 17 | she started being a cocky little bitch , and she wears make- up , really plasters it on |
| 18 | ‘ Have you lived in this area long ? ’ she decided was a safe enough question after a lull when another beer was brought to him . |
| 19 | ‘ Hello , ’ she said , in what she thought was a friendly enough manner . |
| 20 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 21 | A broker advised Mrs Harris to take what she thought was a short term loan secured on the house . |
| 22 | Carrie lifted her head and looked at him , and what she saw was a young boy , the same young boy she had known when she lived in the cottage . |
| 23 | What she saw was a ruddy face not associated with the effects of the sun , but it was still difficult to know whether to be flattered or annoyed . |
| 24 | Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY ! |
| 25 | And what she saw was a handsome dark-haired young man who sat laughing with a girl in a bright green dress . |
| 26 | All she saw was a rippling edge of pallor , but she felt the barrier as a solid ridge barricading the path . |
| 27 | But all she felt was a strange emptiness . |
| 28 | What she felt was a thick , oily wedge inching between her quim lips into her most intimate love grotto . |
| 29 | But behind everything she did was a raw power that emphasised she was her own woman . |
| 30 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |