Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marian 's work now suits her particularly well and in an effort to redress some of the solicitor 's problems described above she has begun to be involved in advocacy training for solicitors assisting in courses run by the College of Law — helping others towards the successful career which she demonstrates is possible from whatever your legal origins . |
| 2 | At 50 Jane Goodall looks fragile and sounds softhearted , but she has learnt to be tough . |
| 3 | Once the kidnap has taken place , the woman is generally compelled to display ‘ her baby ’ , particularly if she has claimed to be pregnant , and this impulse presents the best opportunity for the child 's recovery . |
| 4 | She found trying to be responsible mother , dependent daughter and " normal young person " a source of constant conflict between her and her mother . |
| 5 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 6 | She 'd hoped to be able to take him out , perhaps for a longish walk through the forest where they could hope for a glimpse of a deer , but at its heaviest the downpour would have called for wetsuits rather than waterproofs . |
| 7 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 8 | Cal must have told her there was Nothing In It , I just felt sorry for him , she 'd got to be kind and take him in , only for a night . |
| 9 | I thought she 'd got over being ashamed of me , but now she looks at me with contemptuous pity . |
| 10 | The man she 'd dreamed of was strong , just as Adam was strong , but he was compassionate too , and full of gentle humour . |
| 11 | I think that the adjective moralistic is really an unkind way of protesting at the fact that she seems to continue to be interested in moral themes which are often associated with Christianity , even if she has got rid of actual orthodox commitment to Christianity itself . |
| 12 | She understood at once about me — how I always loved bright colours , outrageous clothes , unsuitable jewellery — but she seems to prefer to be invisible . |
| 13 | In extremity , she kept trying to be pleasant . |
| 14 | Her tone said that she still loathed the Harlequin man , yet she felt compelled to be accurate . |
| 15 | Cowering beneath the bookcase , Mildred dared not move in case she had begun to be visible again . |
| 16 | It was only as the girl grew older and she realized that her mother was simply mouthing words and had no intention whatsoever of carrying out her threat that she had begun to be able to relax and enjoy what was left of her childhood . |
| 17 | Furthermore , she had grown to be grateful for the fact that their lives had drifted irretrievably apart , and she had prayed that things might stay that way for ever . |
| 18 | She had planned on being ultra-cool , whatever provocation he might throw at her , and yet at the first word here she was letting him get to her all over again ! |
| 19 | When she was first looking for rooms to rent , she had to pretend to be Yoruba rather than Ibo in order to persuade a Nigerian landlord to accept her as a tenant . |
| 20 | Days ago she had decided to be good — she was being quite good — but she was only pretending to be good so far and all this appreciation was as yet undeserved . |
| 21 | But I suppose she had pretended to be ill because she did n't want to be at the funeral . |
| 22 | She had wanted to be strong to the end , give no evidence of what this overthrow was doing to her . |
| 23 | She had wanted to be beautiful like Paula , would have traded everything to be just a little like the sister whose stunning good looks had the power to attract and mesmerise wherever she went . |
| 24 | Tonight she had wanted to be alone with her memories . |
| 25 | But she had ceased to be surprised , or even confused , by the constantly changing facets of Alexander Vass . |
| 26 | She might be proud , but she had learned to be provident ! |
| 27 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 28 | She had tried to be hard and grasping , tried to deal with this in a sophisticated , detached manner . |
| 29 | She had meant to be comforting , but even to herself the words sounded depressed . |
| 30 | That was probably all she had left to be proud of — she was still alive . |