Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] she [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 2 | So I mean she 's been waiting on that erm place down Junction Road but they , you know , we 've had nothing from . |
| 3 | I mean she 's been living off what seventy three odd quid has she ? |
| 4 | on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ? |
| 5 | I expect she 's been too busy to answer , he thought , what with the war and everything . |
| 6 | I expect she 's been bored lately . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I expect she 's been sitting too long in the sun , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Cos I say she 's been there thirty years so she must do alright , everybody knows |
| 9 | Full of compassion , she exclaimed , ‘ Poor Aunt Bertha — I hope she 's been given pain-killers — ’ |
| 10 | I imagined she 'd been knifed , violated . |
| 11 | I suspect she 'd been following that fool of a carrier . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know she has been friendly with you — perhaps spoken freely to you . |
| 13 | ‘ I know she 's been working very hard for you . |
| 14 | said about the Animal Procedures Act of nineteen eighty six , erm , I know she 's been told about the animals are killed painlessly and that they suffer very little pain , where there 's any pain at all , but in fact this act erm which is governed by a committee only erm issues guidelines as to what might happen . |
| 15 | I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened . |
| 16 | What I suppose she thinks is if she can afford to do it , do it . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ And I suppose she 's been trying to convince you it was me . ’ |
| 18 | But I feel she has been misrepresented . |
| 19 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 20 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |
| 21 | ’ I gather she 's been causing more trouble . ’ |
| 22 | And then I , and I made this bit of a faux pas , I says , oh you must have got a very good rate , cos I knew she 'd been retired years and years , you see . |
| 23 | I knew she had been the housekeeper there since Hindley 's death . |
| 24 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 25 | She looked at the strong old face , the arched bone of the nose , the imperious , high forehead and thought : I bet she 's been a tartar in her day . |
| 26 | She said , and a lot of the time , she said , he 's a , he 's a little sod , she said , but you know , she said , I mean , it 's not all bad things about him , and I said , I 've been hearing things about you from Miss , and she oh , what she 's been bloody saying , I bet she 's been saying I 'm crap at English . |
| 27 | She apologised of course ; I gathered she 'd been talking quilts with a fellow enthusiast and had forgotten the time . |
| 28 | I think she 'd been asleep . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She was n't frightened of flying , but she was very frightened of the seat belt , so I think she 'd been tied down at one time . |
| 30 | No , that would be I do n't really think of that when I , I do n't think I do n't think anybody went to see her , but I think she 'd been done a bit better . |