Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One step , and she could be in his arms , where she craved to be . |
| 2 | Keepers discovered her desperately fighting for life at the West Midlands Safari Park where she had to be hand-reared before being transferred to the Kingsley wildlife sanctuary , Cheshire , where she takes every opportunity to hitch a ride from the resident Bull Terrier bitch . |
| 3 | ‘ But Christabel 's out on the edge , in the wind and the rain , where she wanted to be . |
| 4 | She was here , where she wanted to be . |
| 5 | Janice looks ashen with worry , and does n't see me although she appears to be looking hardest of all . |
| 6 | She was polite , but no friendlier than she had to be ; she looked at Gillian 's jeans with disapproval but without comment . |
| 7 | Soderstrom — who later in the concert jokingly apologised for her scratchiness — was obviously miserable , more miserable than she needed to be , about the quality of the sound she was making , and her misery took the form of distinguished concentration on pitch , so that there were many small uncharacteristic faults in her intonation . |
| 8 | By the time she entered the building and hurried across to Occupational Health she was several minutes later than she liked to be in the mornings . |
| 9 | He wanted to touch June more than she wanted to be touched and he was bitterly upset that June was rejecting him sexually . |
| 10 | She was no more needed , she realised wretchedly , than she wanted to be here . |
| 11 | He was a radical so she had to be even more radical . |
| 12 | only go so high to do a course and she was on an F grade so she had to be taken down . |
| 13 | ‘ So she wants to be rid of me ! |
| 14 | Cos I said I 'm really surprised , I said I thought you must come at least every week cos she seems to be so confident in the water . |
| 15 | it opens the door , it opens the door , that 's why both my younger girls , I mean Diane 's a different policy any way cos she wants to be a , but with the other two , who worked interest in computers and when they left college I gave them crash course in , in typing not in shorthand because they do n't they do n't need shorthand nowadays , |
| 16 | She sighed shudderingly , momentarily glad of the shadows of the cave , even if she longed to be out of it . |
| 17 | We are indebted to Beumont et al for having grasped the nettle in laying down the grade at which a girl or woman can expect to be respected as a climber and transcend the status defined by ‘ bimbo , ’ i.e. interesting only if she happens to be pretty . |
| 18 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 19 | Hugh was nearest to her , and if she arranged to be on the side of his wounded arm she thought it would be easy to get away . |
| 20 | Susan felt the gesture as if it had barely lapsed — felt his hand on the nape of her neck , the gentle pull that turned her face up to his — and she cried out , almost as if she hoped to be heard . |
| 21 | He would not have liked it if she seemed to be saying that they could get away any time they wanted to . |
| 22 | But if she continues to be led into trying out dangerous sports , who knows ? |
| 23 | ‘ He was a great poet , ’ I said , as if she needed to be told . |
| 24 | His girlfriend , a dealer too , would give him a bored hard look , if she happened to be around . |
| 25 | Madeleine was his sole reason for wanting to return to England — although naturally he 'd love to see Alice if she happened to be in London . |
| 26 | Maybe , if she appeared to be unruffled by his underhand behaviour , Luther would seek other means by which to destroy her peace of mind . |
| 27 | ‘ Because Stapleton thought that she would be very much more useful to him if she appeared to be a free woman . ’ |
| 28 | She looked at him coolly , unsure if she wanted to be used in this way . |
| 29 | At five , Maura knew that if she wanted to be a part of their games she had to sit and watch quietly , otherwise they would sneak out of the garden leaving her alone . |
| 30 | Typically , Oliver said that after the marriage Gill ought to call herself Mrs Gillian Wyatt-or-Hughes , that is if she wanted to be logical and grammatical and commonsensical and diplomatic and cumbersome . |