Example sentences of "she be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , having found herself remarkably unmoved by her succession of boyfriends to date , even Jeremy 's cunning ploys and reasoned arguments , and having reached the not inconsiderable age of twenty-four , had she been consumed with that burning hunger last night ? |
| 2 | Her future would be devoted to her husband and children and no more would she be tempted into any indiscretions , she vowed . |
| 3 | Fand looked stranger than ever , her face fixed and old as if she were withering in this icy fire . |
| 4 | The last time I saw her she looked yellow and thin — as if she were made of some dry , friable material and would crumple into sand if you touched her . |
| 5 | There were times when Rose felt as if she were split in half — an interesting rather than a painful experience . |
| 6 | She were coughing like mad ! |
| 7 | She felt as though she were treading on thin ice and any false move might plunge her once more into the dark depths of despair . |
| 8 | Her tiredness seemed to soak away from her , as though she were lying in warm water ; she felt not only welcome , but positively needed . |
| 9 | Hugh began , but Molly was already up and almost running down the stone steps as if she were hurrying towards some long-planned assignation . |
| 10 | She were knocking for this thing you know . |
| 11 | You know , for one pound she were paying like three quid a week or whatever . |
| 12 | What if she were to look in earlier editions ? |
| 13 | Too often , friends and colleagues react to the information that someone is suffering from depression either by agreeing that they often feel a bit down themselves but manage to cope , or else by treating the person as if he or she were suffering from mental disease . |
| 14 | she were going with this lad through and it 's the easiest three pound , three pound ten I 've ever earned Good though that int it ? |
| 15 | ‘ She 's gotten over all that . |
| 16 | I think she 's getting with all them fillings out of the way . |
| 17 | Offically the new job starts in September , but for now she 's getting in some valuable practice as acting head , while the current Head Boy takes his exams . |
| 18 | But she 's getting round most of the planet-based scrambling systems . |
| 19 | Julie says she was never told about the risk of toxoplasmosis … and she 's calling for all pregnant women to be screened for the infection : |
| 20 | ‘ She 's volunteered for nursing duties . |
| 21 | While equally the white lesbian sister has got to understand that while she 's unified with this Asian lesbian sister there are differences , there are differences some of which are good and some of which are bad , and we have to be frank about them and to struggle around them because we ca n't just pretend that they do n't exist , then we 're not going to reach anywhere . |
| 22 | But how about Audrey , the ‘ silly woman , a bit over the hill ’ she 's played since 1979 ? |
| 23 | It 's a fate she 's accepted with surprising equanimity . |
| 24 | Berenice 's blood-pressure is far too high and the doctors are insistent she must n't have worries of any kind if she 's to go to full term . ’ |
| 25 | So Barbara , meself and a couple of the kids came along , , a couple of the kids were in on this , backing away sort of thing , and of course she went on this used car lot , and she 's looking at these Volkswagens , and John was doing his bit , I believe you like Polos . |
| 26 | She 's looking through this rack of suits so I go and give her a hand . |
| 27 | ‘ I expect she 's looking for another husband , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Not that she 's complaining about that , of course . ’ |
| 29 | Yes , she 's goes to one of them . |
| 30 | Sometimes old Betsy would wander the parks , as hungry for bread as the pigeons and larks , she 's scavenge through each of the large litter bins , or anything left in packets or tins . |