Example sentences of "[subord] she be [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Tiller was a stickler for cleanliness , so she was told to be strict in supervising their washing ( for some this was as novel an experience as appearing on stage ) . |
2 | This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion . |
3 | Again , the suggestion has been made that in cases where a woman 's SB is withdrawn because she is found/thought to be cohabiting , a ‘ tiding over ’ allowance should be made to ease the adjustment . |
4 | The two sets of carers who were not content with the institutionalisation decision were : the male friend of a single woman who said it had been a pleasure to visit her daily and help look after her ; after five months she was admitted to hospital under a guardianship order because she was felt to be at risk . |
5 | Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour . |
6 | Purification The mother had to be purified because she was considered to be unclean . |
7 | A custom-built Shetland Islands Council ferry , Westering Homewards , is lying unused on the mainland after she was found to be unsafe for the exposed 22-mile Atlantic crossing . |
8 | When she was pronounced to be the image of my father , I suspected that something belonging to my father must have got inside my mother to the place where the baby was being carried . |
9 | A short , wiry Lebanese in his fifties , Talar lived aboard a partially finished 81-foot yacht , King Edmondo , with a tall , blonde Danish woman who towered over him and was known locally as ‘ Foofoo ’ , as she was thought to be somewhat strange . |