Example sentences of "she be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had she been expecting Naylor to be stuck for words or , now that the moment of carrying out the plan he had put to her had arrived , ducking it , then she was disappointed on both counts . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said Morton , ‘ had she been wearing clothes , her murderers would hardly have removed them , to dress her in these . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Has she been taking pills or sniffing any … ’ |
| 4 | Erm had she be giving treatment ? |
| 5 | And then there was this obnoxious man 's involvement with Chester 's to think of … if she allowed her instincts full rein and indulged her true feelings at this stage might n't she be jeopardising Charles 's hopes of help for Chester 's ? |
| 6 | Her nose wrinkled at the smell of beer , and she kicked off her mink-trimmed bootees as if she were kicking Boyd . |
| 7 | Nicola smiled , as if she were catching Helen out in some childishly transparent ruse . |
| 8 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 9 | She had mastered Eddie 's cycle and came around the corner as though she were taking part in one of the bicycle races which had recently become such a popular spectator sport . |
| 10 | She listened purely as if she were receiving information intended to entertain , not to disturb , from the radio . |
| 11 | Helen felt as if she were hearing Nicola for the first time . |
| 12 | As she walked into the room she saw Neil 's eyes hard on her , registering her beautiful gown , her carefully dressed hair , and even though the gown was plain she looked like a queen of society in it , she knew , and she wished that she were wearing McAllister 's shabby bottle-green shirtwaister again . |
| 13 | She says she would probably end up being ‘ paranoid ’ if she were to reach supermodel status . |
| 14 | She did have it all bandaged up , she were she were cleaning toilet at bottom , and er , apparently there was a piece out of it and she did n't know , and she wiped round it , it sliced it , and it were bleeding like mad , well she came across to our 'ouse , and we were n't in , and then she went to Kevin 's and she had she had it , but it , now it 's just like a line now , |
| 15 | The woman on the screen frowned as if she were having difficulty seeing them . |
| 16 | Then she smiled though her eyes remained cold as winter and said , ‘ Are you enjoying your time in the Army ? ’ — as if she were making conversation in a drawing-room , Carrie thought , instead of standing in a hay field in summer in a long , silk ball gown . |
| 17 | Then , suddenly , it was as though she were making love to another man . |
| 18 | She spread out the balance sheet of her life rather as if she were playing Patience . |
| 19 | It was as if she were arranging flowers or carding wool . |
| 20 | She 's getting fat . |
| 21 | I suppose she 's getting election wobbles . |
| 22 | He says ba he says I did n't say it , says I did n't say the word and then he sa he calls my niece he 'll say to her , he she 's getting boobs now like , she 's twelve , and he goes |
| 23 | Who else is oh she 's getting Bovril one an'all . |
| 24 | She 's getting $750,000 . |
| 25 | But she 's getting cross now cos I said to her look you 've got ta think about this seriously . |
| 26 | If we 've been quarrelling , after she 's stopped crying I really try to understand what she was on about . |
| 27 | She does it at that desk and I 'll think she 's writing letters . ’ |
| 28 | I mean she 's seeing people and |
| 29 | And I think she 's stealing stuff as well . |
| 30 | She 's stealing stuff ? |