Example sentences of "she [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a middle-aged housewife is incapable of managing her home-life because of perpetual problems with her " nerves " for which she is-on medicinal treatment from her doctor , she may well be chemically dependant on alcohol or prescription drugs or both . |
| 2 | Benny felt as if she were eight years of age again , instead of almost eighteen . |
| 3 | I 'm very lucky , ’ Susan repeated sternly , as though she were daring Breeze to disagree with her . |
| 4 | Settling back against the pillows , he drew her against him and , holding her as if she were egg-shell china , cradled her head on his chest . |
| 5 | She 's finally abandoned any fantasies that if she were five foot two and blonde , life as an actress might be easier . |
| 6 | She had no objection to working for her keep , but if Penry Vaughan went on treating her as if she were some kind of serf she 'd stick to plain , basic cooking from now on , she thought resentfully . |
| 7 | He released her , his fingers still loosely in the escaped strands of her hair , staring at her as blankly as if she were some phantom being from another incarnation , a mythical seductress beamed unexpectedly into the passenger seat of his car . |
| 8 | Kandinskaya watched her as if she were some lab specimen but eight months of training had taught Jezrael techniques that smoothed her responses to a minimum . |
| 9 | ‘ If you must know , ’ Leith exploded , her anger turning to fury at the way he , with his ‘ two men at least ’ comment , had made it sound as though she were some tart , ‘ I had a bad experience in the last place I worked . ’ |
| 10 | I knew her for months before she admitted , in a low voice , what her job was — as if she were some sort of traitor to society . |
| 11 | After soaping her every nook and cranny , he rinsed her , and kissed her body reverently as if she were some deity to be worshipped and adored . |
| 12 | If she were several sizes larger she could have them . ’ |
| 13 | He could n't be sure she would have the heart to go on running racehorses if she were forced to believe Harry a murderer … if she thought he had left her without warning , without a note , if she were worried sick by not knowing where he 'd gone , and was also haunted by the thought of Harry with Angela Brickell . ’ |
| 14 | She stood there and stared at herself , seeing herself from that unexpected angle , as though she were another person , as though she were a dim white and blue statue on a tall pillar , a wet statue , a statue in water , a Venus rising from the sea , with veined white marble globes for breasts . |
| 15 | And , he used to lean over bloody fence while she were digging garden and she were pregnant . |
| 16 | Miranda had remained quietly on the stool looking at her fat knees , as if she were happy doing so , until one of the shopgirls in costume jewellery leaned over the counter and said , through scarlet lips , ‘ Where 's your mummy gone to then ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ She 's twelve years old , nice old girl , good mouth and nice manners which puts her ahead of some women — and she wo n't set you down in the dirt . |
| 18 | Not this one — she 's twelve years of age and she 's her own mistress . |
| 19 | She 's nice lady int she ? |
| 20 | Oh she 's not forty , she 's only a young lass , she 's pregnant mind |
| 21 | She 's hot mate . |
| 22 | She 's five foot ten , opera singer , she 's got four degrees , and she 's coming to Manhattan on Thursday kind of thing , to meet you . |
| 23 | When you first came in , I would have said you were small , but when you stood beside Terry you seemed exactly the same height , and she 's five feet six . |
| 24 | Lived in London , she 's going out with someone , living with someone and she 's five months pregnant ! |
| 25 | After a moment of looking back into her daughter 's eyes , Lizzie said quietly , ‘ She 's five years old and children seem to mature quickly these days . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ She 's five years old ! |
| 27 | She 's four months . |
| 28 | And erm the baby she 's four months old . |
| 29 | ‘ They did n't come over at Christmas because she 's i' bed wi' bronchitis . |
| 30 | That 's why she 's bloody fat and bloody flabby in n it ? |