Example sentences of "i [verb] she [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked her to be my wife , and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms . ’ |
| 2 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 3 | If I expect her to be startled , I am disappointed . |
| 4 | BELVILLE : I found her to be a coquette , an told her so and she is offended . |
| 5 | I want her to be independent . |
| 6 | I want her to be somebody . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I told her to be here when we arrived . |
| 8 | I told her to be here ! |
| 9 | I told her to be home reasonably early but she 's not home yet . |
| 10 | Why do n't I fetch her to be our master 's wife ? " |
| 11 | I guessed her to be about twenty-two or three . |
| 12 | At the time it seemed to us that Hilda was not the happy , carefree girl her father and I wished her to be . |
| 13 | She was younger than me and now I see how anxious she was to be what I wanted her to be . |