Example sentences of "she be [v-ing] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked as if she were trying to remember something . |
| 2 | She were trying to attract your attention |
| 3 | Aunt Louise was a relation , and if she were going to drive anyone dotty should it be the trusting stranger with whom Celia had left her ‘ for three months only ’ ? ) |
| 4 | Well I do n't know , but she , I said , cos she 's telling me about her coming , only three days up the hospital then she 's got ta go back to her own place because Ian said she 'd never managed , she keeps falling and she said this woman never went to see her once when she was in hospital , yet she 's getting paid it look all the time , and she ought to go to see if there 's anything she wants you see |
| 5 | ‘ Of course you know she 's aiming to get you back into the city as an accountant ? ’ |
| 6 | She 's hoping to sing her song from Aspects of Love are n't you ? |
| 7 | Soon after her first birthday , you 'll notice she 's beginning to imitate you , watching everything you do carefully so that she can start trying things out for herself . |
| 8 | Will you go and tell that Sister there , she 's beginning to think you have delayed concussion or something . |
| 9 | She 's beginning to think herself far too grand for us . |
| 10 | and in pints , and if she 's trying to cook something , and she says , daddy what does four hundred millilitres mean ? |
| 11 | She 's trying to do something . |
| 12 | And she 's trying make us be friendly with her ! |
| 13 | She 's She 's trying to , she 's try she 's trying to say something . |
| 14 | That 's why she cuddles my children the whole time — she 's trying to say I lack warmth . ’ |
| 15 | In other words , she 's trying to say he 's nice looking . |
| 16 | I was gon na say about she stoops to conquer she 's also doing what 's best because sh she like , knows what she wants and like that , erm and she 's trying to stop her father from getting him chucked out and stuff as well . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's trying to take me for everything I 've got , my friend , ‘ he said . |
| 18 | She grabs a hold of this duck 's neck and starts twisting it — you know , like she 's trying to kill it . |
| 19 | No you ca n't but she 's trying to convince you I will never trust you again that 's it , |
| 20 | She 's trying to bite me . |
| 21 | She 's trying to make me and him enemies . |
| 22 | But no , the kids had stopped laughing they all say she 's trying to tell me off ! ! |
| 23 | She 's trying to protect you from your destiny , which is to be a half-caste in England . |
| 24 | Her joints are still very painful , but she 's trying to knit something for her husband 's birthday in three weeks . |
| 25 | She rubs the tops of my legs like I 'm cold and she 's trying to warm me up . |
| 26 | She said she 's trying to find it . |
| 27 | She 's trying to win me back now , being nice to you and what's-his-name . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Juliet was adopted , and she 's trying to trace her mother . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's trying to hide herself . ’ |
| 30 | We ca n't hurt her — humiliate her like this when she 's expecting to marry him in just a few weeks , even if it has been arranged for family reasons , and not for love . |