Example sentences of "she [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Had she been a bit mad ?
2 Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the new Health Secretary , is warmly liked and admired , but will need to overcome some reservations about whether , had she been a man , she would have won the Cabinet place on intellect alone .
3 A female employee was offensively treated by two male colleagues , but at first her claim was rejected because the industrial tribunal felt that , had she been a man , she would still have been harassed , although the specific nature of the unpleasantness might have been different .
4 The first thing he said the next day was ( no pretending ) has she been a bitch to you ?
5 Although I admire Mrs Dinwiddie 's concern for her family , I remind her that had she been a mother less than 80 years ago , when there were no modern crop chemicals , animal health products , food preservatives , human vaccines and modern medicines it is unlikely that her complete family would have survived childhood .
6 She felt as though , had she been a dog , all her hair would have been standing on end .
7 Even so , he thought that never before had she been the hunter , and as the thought was framed , Grainne said softly , ‘ You are right .
8 There is no demand on the soloist that he or she be a composer , and therefore be able to produce new scores .
9 Would she be a sweetie and run out and buy one ?
10 Could she be a model ?
11 Why should she be the victim when she had done nothing wrong ?
12 And she 'd got a big black hat on , and a big black cloak , and all er crosses down here , and she 's got a boot on her arm all laced up , and nobody 'd know whether she were a man or a woman .
13 He treated the mad redhead as though she were a fellow-spirit , and she responded , until the moment when she finally admitted she was incapable of understanding a word he was saying .
14 She was to stay with her sister until Isobel decided definitely whether to remain in Tollemarche or return to England , and occasionally she became a little bored and was glad of Hank 's lively company , though to her annoyance , he treated her as if she were a ten-year-old .
15 If she were a Lady , she would still be referred to as Mrs. X. If the person were a member of the nobility or someone in whom the press had an interest , rumour would start to circulate , and damage could not be avoided .
16 When Ma had come home from London with her there 'd been great excitement , and Edward and his brother Billy had looked at the mite as if she were a fairy found among the budding snowdrops .
17 How could she describe herself as a revolutionary , a serious person , if she were a thief ?
18 ‘ Loretta ! ’ he exclaimed , greeting her as if she were a friend of many years ' standing .
19 She spoke as if she were a machine on automatic pilot .
20 Jeanne looks , in a faded photograph , as if she were a Modigliani model .
21 ‘ Except the time she said she wished she were a boy
22 He shook her as if she were a puppy .
23 Jeff loves it ; he strokes his hand over her head as if she were a child .
24 One of them would come and talk to me as I sat beside Aunt Louise , and discuss her with me as if she were a child .
25 I led her upstairs , took off her wet clothes , bathed and dried her ; she accepting my ministrations automatically , as if she were a child and I her mother .
26 She did n't know how it happened , but she found herself in Mrs Lennox 's arms , who comforted her as though she were a child .
27 ‘ There , there , ’ he said , as if she were a child herself .
28 Ruth felt small and insecure , as if she were a child again .
29 She could not escape the thought that she felt exactly as if she were a child being taken out for a treat by a kindly uncle .
30 He did kiss her , on her forehead , and then stroked her hair gently , as if she were a child or a kitten .
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