Example sentences of "[subord] she be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel was much more subject than she was to gynaecological and biological terror about the coming birth . |
| 2 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 3 | That is , if she is to be believed . |
| 4 | Make up two sentences to show if she is to be told or not — watch them as you say them — hear them in your mind 's ear . |
| 5 | " recommend earnestly to them to purchase Timber , that may answer the purpose , from the wreck of the Brig stranded on Duich Bay , if she is to be broken up … " |
| 6 | What would she do if she were to be discovered ? |
| 7 | What if she were to be stranded in the mountains — marooned by a blizzard ? |
| 8 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 9 | It was bad enough that she 'd fallen in love with the cold , glacial man she already knew him to be — if she were to suddenly discover a tender , humane element to his character , heaven help her . |
| 10 | If she was to be left at home she showed no interest . |
| 11 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 12 | Well , she was generally fed-up , knowing she had to keep resting her ankle if she was to be up and about as soon as possible . |
| 13 | For the first time she began to wonder if she was to be given leadership beyond the context of Africa . |
| 14 | If she was to be betrayed yet again , then she would go with banners flying , trumpets braying , and no tears to speed her on her way . |
| 15 | Oh , lord , he had to be strong if she was to be . |
| 16 | For while she was to some degree confused at that precise moment about the importance of keeping a job that paid well , she knew , whatever else was hazy , that she was very much in love with him . |
| 17 | He boldly wrote to the King in defence of Anne Boleyn , who had been a friend to the Reformers , when she was to be executed on trumped-up charges . |
| 18 | She is saying that this good thing , this knowledge , can be used — to tell us , for example , that Amis is not a Tudor writer : but she is rather more moved to say at the same time that it ca n't or can hardly be used , devoted as she is to the thought of a separation between , in this case , Amis 's friendships and politics , his life — and his art . |
| 19 | Poor Lucy , he 's a dreadful embarrassment to her , nearly as bad as she is to him . ’ |
| 20 | As she is to be moving house and garden this year , she foresees a ceremonial tree-planting as a follow-up to the presentation . |
| 21 | I am so jealous and protective of her , ’ but , close as she was to Louise , she could n't bring herself to admit what she saw as the black depths of her failure with her daughter . |
| 22 | Madame indicated the preferred style from a set of drawings in a folder and Ellie , attached as she was to her mane of dark hair , was forced to agree how chic the chosen style was . |
| 23 | It seemed remarkable that Elizabeth should be as good as she was to her sister-in-law . |
| 24 | He was as bound to her as she was to him . |
| 25 | I am quite sure she was as sensitively generous to her sister as she was to me . |
| 26 | Dedicated as she was to Schellenberg 's welfare , she had an instinct about things . |
| 27 | Used as she was to dogs , she was unafraid , but even so she froze . |