Example sentences of "[adj] as she be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfamiliar as she was with the niceties of English social life , she wondered why she should be surprised . |
| 2 | Fond as she is of children , however , they are by no means her only interest . |
| 3 | Fond as she was of Tim Dunton , she had repeatedly and steadfastly refused all his proposals of marriage . |
| 4 | Even Ruth , ignorant as she was of New York society , knew about the Astors . |
| 5 | Contented as she was with the house , Virginia was always to cast a glance over her shoulder at her sister , living just five miles away at Charleston . |
| 6 | Shriver , good humoured as she was in her quarter final defeat , played ‘ yesterday 's ’ tennis . |
| 7 | Confused as she was about her feelings for Johnny Latimer , she knew that she was not yet ready for something as important as this . |
| 8 | They were not as obliging as she was about disappearing before the weekly workshop . |
| 9 | ‘ She felt pressurised that she would be expected to be as career-orientated as she was before having the baby , ’ says Sandra , ‘ so she works with us because we are relaxed about it — if she does n't want to work on Wednesday , that 's fine , she can work on Friday instead . |
| 10 | She said there could n't be a later as she was on duty with the Samaritans at nine , so it would have to be now . |
| 11 | It seemed remarkable that Elizabeth should be as good as she was to her sister-in-law . |
| 12 | She 's goin' to no Catholic Mass as long as she 's under my care . |
| 13 | She had given herself totally up to him , and did not care what happened to her as long as she was with him . |
| 14 | As long as she was on the train she was safe . |
| 15 | Macmillan is the closest to King 's heart , concerned as she is with dirty domestic dramas dealing with the increasingly fraught relations between black women and men . |
| 16 | She found it difficult to speak to him of Barbs , full as she was of jealous suspicion . |
| 17 | Laden as she was with her day 's purchases , Jude chose to walk back to Marlin 's apartment at Park Avenue and 80th . |
| 18 | Obsessed as she was with her unknown rival , Charlotte never quite dared to seek her out . |
| 19 | As I walked out of the ward and round the red screen I felt as old as Humber and as worried as she was about my not yet having been fully trained . |
| 20 | Anxious as she was about the neighbours , she could n't help laughing as she hurried downstairs . |
| 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 | Used as she was to dogs , she was unafraid , but even so she froze . |
| 23 | There is hardly any chance of her surviving as she is in the long term so we hope she will be able to have the transplant soon . ’ |
| 24 | Then the tense silence was broken by a frightened whimper from Louise , held helpless as she was by the paralysing steel-fingered grip on her neck . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | When Riddler says that the tea they drink is called that ‘ even if it 's made of privet … a sort of memory , ’ she is harsh and spiteful as she is about everything else instead of evincing any rue or regret . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's true everyone expects me to go out and win all the time , ’ says Gunnell , who has managed to remain as unspoilt as she was before her Barcelona triumph . |
| 28 | Poor Lucy , he 's a dreadful embarrassment to her , nearly as bad as she is to him . ’ |
| 29 | Astonished as she was by this bitter description of the home she loved , Louisa kept her voice gentle . |
| 30 | Dedicated as she was to Schellenberg 's welfare , she had an instinct about things . |