Example sentences of "she be [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If she were not the daughter of such an important family … ’ |
| 2 | She knew he was speaking to her as if she were either an idiot or a child but the momentary fight had quite gone and she just nodded , looking up at him . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , when she finds out I had my favourite comedy lady in my cab and she were n't a bit funny — not one bit — well , what a shock she 's going to get ! ’ |
| 4 | This came out so comically that they both began to laugh together , Neil putting his book down , and McAllister whooping into the apron which she had thrown over her head at his last sally , as though she were truly the skivvy she pretended to be . |
| 5 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 6 | She had thrown herself into his arms and hugged him as if she were still a schoolgirl . |
| 7 | [ PAMELA begins to serve them with wine as if she were still a servant . ] |
| 8 | ‘ You have never got out of the childish habit of trying to do several things at once , ’ Sally had said to her once ; Sally , so cool , so contained , so efficient she sometimes made Harriet feel as if she were still a child , though of course she would never admit it . |
| 9 | If she were still a person . |
| 10 | She 's probably a bit miffed that she 's not coming with us . |
| 11 | She 's probably a hooker . |
| 12 | She 's probably a softie underneath , but , like Gillian , does n't suffer fools . |
| 13 | Ergo , she 's not a friend , so why do I care about how she is , or want to see her . |
| 14 | She 's not a friend of the girl , is she ? ’ |
| 15 | She 's not a friend . |
| 16 | I said I had no objections , but I would have to ask , you know , the committee if they had because she 's not a member as such , but obviously has been going on all the year . |
| 17 | " She 's not a child herself , " said Martin . |
| 18 | She 's not a child any more . ’ |
| 19 | She 's not a child . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And she 's not a child any more , she 's over eighteen . |
| 21 | She 's not a child . ’ |
| 22 | I had to feed him , though , she 's not a cat person . ’ |
| 23 | She 's not a Christian . ’ |
| 24 | She 's not a fool , and she knows what she 's dealing with . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She 's not a vision of loveliness today , is she ? ’ she would say of some man , in a deafening aside . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , she 's not a person one can really dis like . ’ |
| 27 | To him she 's not a person . |
| 28 | Now Ruth of course , she 's a , she 's a Moabite she 's not a Jewess . |
| 29 | But she 's not a committee on her own is she ? |
| 30 | ‘ She 's not a thief , ’ said Jason . |