Example sentences of "she [adv] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a long time since Dana 's phone call had brought Roman Wyatt into her life and she badly needed to be by herself to think about the turmoil he had caused in her ordered existence . |
| 2 | Although alienating some support by her excessive regard for the physiologically and morally uplifting properties of semen , she emphasized the erotic , mystical , and fulfilling aspects of sexual relations and for these reasons rejected the use of coitus interruptus and the condom , recommending instead the use of the vaginal rubber cap and the quinine ( spermicidal ) pessary which she naïvely believed to be generally available in chemist 's shops and which have never , in the event , proved to be very popular . |
| 3 | Not that Susanna Cellini — or Belford-Cellini as she apparently preferred to be known — would be impressed , but neither could she be disparaging . |
| 4 | She merely wanted to be whisked from luxury hotel to draught-free concert hall in a big limousine , there to play to an attentive , elegant audience and be driven away again surrounded by encores and orchids . |
| 5 | Paula was not very clever with her needle but she soon learned to be careful so as not to incur the wrath of the seamstress . |
| 6 | erm and ended up dealing with it but that 's not to say she should n't deal with it erm she just got to be trained how to deal with it |
| 7 | And also , the use of the yellow background , I do n't know , erm whether it was deliberately chosen or whether she just happened to be standing there , but the yellow background makes it stand out . |
| 8 | She just wanted to be free of the burden of her own special powers . |
| 9 | Aubrey was probably right — she just wanted to be able to number him among her many admirers . |
| 10 | She just wanted to be on her own so that the lava of tears could flow unchecked , melt it all away . |
| 11 | And suddenly she just wanted to be clean . |
| 12 | If she ever saw her , she thought worriedly ; she always seemed to be rushing off somewhere — and then she jumped when someone tapped on the door . |
| 13 | and this Molly she always had to be different |
| 14 | Over the years royal staff and her friends have been puzzled by Diana 's appetite , particularly as she always appeared to be so slim . |
| 15 | Somehow she always happened to be in the company of someone , Walter , Emily or Durkin . |
| 16 | David said in an interview : ‘ She always wanted to be famous , always saying ‘ I want to be a star ’ . |
| 17 | Although she always wanted to be a writer , the theatre has claimed a lot of her energy ( she has been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony award ) . |
| 18 | She always wanted to be a vet , but she 's not up to the exams . |
| 19 | ‘ She was lucky and talented and she could do that , but I do n't think she ever wanted to be a drummer … |
| 20 | He thrust his face close to hers suddenly and made her jump , pulling her round so that she was close and more aware than she ever wanted to be again of his dominant masculinity . |
| 21 | She hardly seemed to be listening to what he was saying . |
| 22 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 23 | Stupidly , she had hoped that Silas would invite her to sit at his table , but instead she was led to a small one by a girl she later learned to be Stella 's daughter , Jean . |
| 24 | She vainly pleaded to be let down , so that she could hobble back to the house with some semblance of dignity , and he steadfastly ignored all her pleas . |
| 25 | She also expected to be paid in cash . |
| 26 | She 'd taken a shine to Tom Rudge whom she now knew to be an apprentice fitter , as was Cyril , his mate . |
| 27 | She wondered who had been reading so recently on the carefully made bed , or if this fat book , which she now saw to be a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories , were a relic of the past summer , and the maid , or whoever cleared the house , was devotedly keeping her employer 's place . |
| 28 | The Fish patiently granted her requests until she greedily asked to be created as God . |
| 29 | She immediately had to be ‘ warded ’ as she was suffering from acute torticollis . |
| 30 | He was particularly scathing about the feather , which she immediately agreed to be a mistake . |