Example sentences of "she [vb mod] be [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may be ecstatic and radiant ; she may on the other hand feel tired and depressed . |
| 2 | She may be commonplace or dazzling , and can transform herself from one to the other by miraculous means . |
| 3 | ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself . |
| 4 | For the sake of Oreste , she must be cool and calm and take matters into her own hands instead of waiting so feebly for fate to help her . |
| 5 | Then she must be placid and patient ’ ( p.97 ) . |
| 6 | Eleanor Mary Milligan , as she was hastily christened the same week her mother was buried , seemed to know from the moment she came into this world at number 1015 Westfield Avenue that in order to survive she must be good and quiet , and not be any trouble to her father or brothers . |
| 7 | She had gone about in awe of these adults , to whom she must-not chatter , before whom she must be silent and polite and smiling . |
| 8 | It would be possible for him to wear her down , so she must be ultra-careful and protect herself . |
| 9 | Even tonight she must be wise and womanly . |
| 10 | ‘ She must be sensible and give the baby back safely where she belongs . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And to what do I owe this pleasure ? ’ she enquired , telling herself that she must be light and bright . |
| 12 | She should be pleased and excited , but all she could think of was the complications it would add to her life . |
| 13 | She should be viceless and willing . |
| 14 | All that Mrs Browning required of her , surely , was that she should be docile and self-contained and grateful . |
| 15 | In the taxi , on the way home , Katherine did n't know whether she should be jubilant or in tears . |
| 16 | Artemis 's father was away for a week 's sport in Leicestershire , and apparently it was expected of Artemis that she should be ready and able to go out and ride her new horse side-saddle alongside her father on his return . |
| 17 | school She might be dumb but she was |
| 18 | she 's , she might be small but her bum 's big . |
| 19 | For all she advises me of her condition she might be blind and I would n't know it . |
| 20 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 21 | I 'll give my share to your mother and you can tell her you bought it from me ; that way she 'll be content and you 'll be a few pounds better off . |
| 22 | ‘ She 'll be scrawny and down at heel , I bet . |
| 23 | She had headed for Heathrow airport , not to fly anywhere but because she could be warm and alone . |
| 24 | She did not fear the rats ; a certain set of mind would keep them away from her in small furry terror , and as for the police-gangs , she could be awake and away before ever they reached her . |
| 25 | Advanced age had by now somewhat mellowed my mother , with the result that I enjoyed my visits to the palace , for when the subject was other than myself she could be stimulating and amusing company . |
| 26 | She could be crisp and efficient herself when the heat was on ; it was n't only soldiers who made the world go round . |
| 27 | She could be brisk and tender by startling turns . |
| 28 | For a moment that might have lasted hours she seemed to see herself , old and weak , and knew that now she could be free and the burden of life leave her wings for ever . |
| 29 | She 'd be firm and not shamed . |
| 30 | I thought she 'd be shocked but she was n't , although she said she thought I should try to forget him because it would only mean unhappiness for me . ’ |