Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] she [vb past] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any conference she 'd been to , everyone wound up in her room long after midnight , playing poker and spouting Bacardi bullshit , wine-bottle wisdom . |
| 2 | ‘ She knew if she had attended one of the public services she would have been the centre of attention and the last thing she wanted was to be photographed as the woman alone . |
| 3 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 4 | The last thing she needed was to be up in front of the stewards again . |
| 5 | The last thing she needed was to be trapped in a broken-down vehicle with Piers Morrison . |
| 6 | The last thing she needed was to be found trespassing in the Baron 's private grounds . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 8 | The last time she had been to the office she had been confined in a poky little interview room near the editor 's office , but she hoped to avoid that fate this time . |