Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] she [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune . |
| 2 | Sadly they were to part with Angie attempting suicide and David snatching their son Zowie back from Angie while she was away from home in Switzerland . |
| 3 | Elinor Bellingham Smith had married Rodrigo Moynihan whilst she was still at the Slade . |
| 4 | It was run by a very good and able nun , Mother Superior Eusebia , or Suor Eusebia as she was commonly known , with the help of three other nuns . |
| 5 | Elspeth was fair-haired , almost blonde , Rebecca was dark but there was something about the eyes they had in common , yet where Elspeth was grave and silent most of the time , Rebecca , or Becky as she was usually called , was lively and voluble . |
| 6 | ‘ It was exactly what I said to Kathleen when she was so worried about you in hospital . ’ |
| 7 | I think you 've probably let us in for it now Frank cos she 's almost certainly going to send us some . |
| 8 | I think ‘ deconstructing ’ is the right word for Muriel Gray because she 's quite spiky ; she 's very clear about her own views as a Scottish Nationalist and as a feminist ; she 's unconventionally dressed and she did ‘ deconstruct ’ television very effectively , albeit often quite didactically , on The Media Show . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know how you dare , ’ Edward said to Willoughby while she was out of the room . |
| 10 | Real people : Sibylle Alexander as she is today and pictured with the Kaufmann family at Christmas 1942 . |
| 11 | If we ever got confront her wi with Christopher when she was about . |
| 12 | she is one wanting er referrals from Mr so she 's not going to say oh well you know there 's something wrong there , you know ? |
| 13 | I wanted to run upstairs and ask Raine if she was all right , but I was too embarrassed . |
| 14 | David was quiet in his response , not arguing with Julia as she was still pretty keyed up . |
| 15 | This is the first time we actually feel sympathy for Blanche because she is so upset by the death of her husband . |
| 16 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 17 | So we thought , first the Caribbean for a couple of weeks , then , later in the year , your mother quite wants to see the Great Wall of China before she 's too old . |
| 18 | Just because she did n't get to Disneyland when she was little does n't mean she should forget John . |
| 19 | Her family had come to Bradford when she was about fourteen . |
| 20 | The second wife and her two daughters hated Vasilissa because she was so pretty and obedient , because her father loved her best , and , above all , because she was much more skilful than they at making lace , at spinning , and at knitting stockings . |
| 21 | But she had linked arms with Len because she was so glad that he was next to her , between her and that boy who had looked at her as if , well as if she was indecently dressed or something . |
| 22 | But you 'll need to sort that out with Mary when she 's back , she 's not back till after Easter anyway . |
| 23 | He certainly was in no hurry to marry poor Mary as she was already six and half months pregnant . |
| 24 | In fact , immediately after the launching she was hauled out of the water again and it was to be the following September before she was actually ready , even though an optimistic delivery for June had been promised . |
| 25 | He said that he felt it was unfair that his wife should reprimand Jenny as she was so young and did not know how to share properly yet . |
| 26 | It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me ! |
| 27 | ‘ I 've known Nora since she was so high , ’ said Updike . |
| 28 | Mrs Fermor-Hesketh , 45 , divorced the peer 's brother , Robert , three years ago but still shares a home with him in Chelsea when she is not in Rome . |
| 29 | Residents often heard police ask Leanne if she was all right and if she had slept . |
| 30 | Constanza and Simon used to call her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild and everything Simon did was perfect . |