Example sentences of "she be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How dared he act as though she were the guilty party ? |
| 2 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And then — this evening , when everyone was so upset … you only thought of her … you went off after her as if she were the only person that mattered to you … |
| 4 | Sensing his wife 's difficulty , Philip suggested she revert to his mother 's custom and order the meals through Lily , as if she were the departed housekeeper . |
| 5 | If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny |
| 6 | ‘ If the Prince of Wales does not succeed she 's the one person people would feel would be acceptable . |
| 7 | I 've always excused myself-I 've said , I 'm kind and tolerant with everyone else , she 's the one person I ca n't be like that with , and there has to be an exception to the general rule . |
| 8 | and one of those is sixteen year old Rachel Bradridge from Gloucester … she 's the all england junior champion and is reckoned good enough to be a future olmpyic skier |
| 9 | She said , ‘ She 's the first person I 've ever known die , in my life . ’ |
| 10 | Now she 's the first patient being treated at the hospital 's new dermatology building . |
| 11 | Well , in that she 's the first woman Prime Minister , she 's the longest serving Prime Minister of erm in this century . |
| 12 | Some people at school said look how Mother Francis never gives out to Eve , she 's the real pet ; others said the nuns had to keep her for charity and did n't like her as much as they liked the other girls whose families all contributed something to the upkeep of St Mary 's . |
| 13 | " It looks like Momma 's upstaged you — she 's the real belle of the ball after all , not you . |
| 14 | She 's the real thing . ’ |
| 15 | she 's the best mum in the world |
| 16 | she 's the best mum in the world |
| 17 | When I 'm not happy every day , about the things I said today , she caught me being rude today , but I know , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh , she makes me laugh , makes me laugh , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad , I love my mum , she 's the best mum in the world |
| 18 | My mum remembers long ago , when she makes snow men in the snow , and pulled a face at Mrs Jones , but I 'll know she 'll tell stories to make me laugh , make me laugh , make me laugh , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad , I love my mum , she 's the best mum in the world |
| 19 | She 's the best player here . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Apart from an occasional tendency to treat me like the ayah she had in India as a child , she 's the perfect landlady . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ After all , she 's the perfect secretary , is n't she ? |
| 22 | He 's DEVOTED to her — he 's more interested in boys and she 's the perfect alibi |
| 23 | And Iris , she 's the managin' director . |
| 24 | She 's the nicest person I 've ever met in my whole life . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She 's the young woman at the bus stop , the check-out girl at the supermarket , the clerk at the building society . |
| 26 | That was strange cos she 's the only daughter is n't she ? |
| 27 | She 's the only person I 've seen die really horribly . |
| 28 | It really annoys me , and every now and again I sit him down and say now look you , oh Henry , and he adores , the actual , personally my father adores my mother and the sun has always shone out , she 's the only person in the world for him |
| 29 | We have girls in the offices and women in the offices obviously , but she 's the only tradesperson if you like , on the floor . |
| 30 | ‘ If you ask me , she 's the only woman in the world for him . ’ |