Example sentences of "she be [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would she be like the Misses Cardings , the three spinster ladies who kept the hat shop beyond the tobacconist 's ? |
| 2 | ‘ That 's why she 's with the cops , ’ Rab said . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's with the angels , ’ persisted Evelyn . |
| 4 | She 's from the dregs . |
| 5 | ‘ D' you mean to tell me she 's in the Wrens ? ’ |
| 6 | Gwen 's just having hers done , she 's in the throes of having hers rebuilt . . |
| 7 | And she 's got another two weeks off now , until she goes into schools and then she 's in the schools full-time , but even so , she wo n't have , she did n't have exams . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's in the hands of the doctors and we have to accept that . |
| 9 | quite good today actually , we 've got erm Pat who is like erm who is , I think she 's like the personnel in charge of I know that she 's in charge of personnel there |
| 10 | ‘ He said , she 's among the others . |
| 11 | She is at the barricades , defending all sorts of unrespectable ideas . |
| 12 | She is with the police and a stress counsellor because of what she went through . ’ |
| 13 | In so far as the anchoress is seeking Christ lost in the soul , she is like the disciples in the boat on the sea of Galilee lost in the storm ( Matthew 13:44 ) who woke the sleeping Jesus to save them from destruction : But underlying the cry of the anchoress is the constant calling of God which alone enables her cry : " oure lord and all whilk wilen herken to hym ( 50.323a. – 122 ) . |
| 14 | Marcus Judge lifted his face to the dark rain-clouds , and intoned : ‘ She is in the hands of the Almighty . |
| 15 | She was into the pyjamas . |
| 16 | Gazing down , Luke thought how beautiful she was despite the tear-stains and the swollen eyelids . |
| 17 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want any tea Mum , ’ I called out quickly before she was down the stairs . |
| 19 | Unfamiliar as she was with the niceties of English social life , she wondered why she should be surprised . |
| 20 | She was with the children er er , looking at the stage , to the left . |
| 21 | She was with the children . |
| 22 | Two years ago Mrs Ayers went next door to feed Ivy 's cat while she was at the hairdressers when she disturbed burglars at work . |
| 23 | Even in the worst hours she never gave any public impression that she was on the ropes . |
| 24 | Yeah , she was on the titles , was n't she ? |
| 25 | There she was on the stairs now . |
| 26 | Anxious as she was about the neighbours , she could n't help laughing as she hurried downstairs . |
| 27 | ‘ Delicious , ’ she muttered , realising how hungry she was after the hours spent travelling . |
| 28 | She was in the woods at the gang hut . |
| 29 | During the last few days she had been sent a poison pen letter , had her life turned upside down , and now she was in the arms of the man whom she had been absolutely determined to divorce . |
| 30 | I was informed she was in the burns unit . |