Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had been in his strong arms before , and as agitation at her own weakness assailed her , so , while she still could , she fought to be free . |
| 2 | ‘ Does she want to be brilliant ? ’ |
| 3 | Neither did she want to be alone with him in the dark . |
| 4 | She spoke at intervals about moving herself and Marcus out of the flat ( which she agreed to be horrid ) perhaps to another flat or to some vaguely envisaged country cottage . |
| 5 | Well , I think at first they were both afraid to become music specialists , but she knows so much now — good contemporary pop music , not just my music — that she wants to be involved with it and she refuses to be professionally involved unless she has expert knowledge . |
| 6 | ‘ She wants to be perfect for Don , ’ said the friend . |
| 7 | What I ca n't understand is who she thanks when she wants to be thankful , for example when her son was born . |
| 8 | cos my sister , yeah , she wants to be responsible , she wants to be a scientist |
| 9 | She wants to be able to go ahead with their plans for a family even if he dies . |
| 10 | She wants to be careful if the Japs do n't come to Pearl Harbour again . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps you were the sun for your little dragon ; and now she is strong enough , she wants to be free . ’ |
| 12 | She does n't want any up , she wants to be happy with , I mean Jane out of all them I mean normally I mean she 's , she would do anything for you . |
| 13 | She tried to be rational . |
| 14 | She tried to be casual . |
| 15 | She tried to be polite . |
| 16 | Karen was a magnificent bitch , but when she tried to be human she turned into a Disney puppy : trashy , vulgar and sentimental . |
| 17 | It was n't that she had ever made a conscious decision to play the helpless female ; she just always looked as though she was in constant need of care and attention , and over the years she had found that it was far easier to allow people to think what they liked , because whenever she tried to be assertive , or explain that she was really quite competent , no one ever believed her . |
| 18 | When she tried to be cheerful she ended up flustered and red-faced , clammy all over . |
| 19 | She pretended to be asleep . |
| 20 | Sheila , a year younger still , was too self-centred and bright ever to challenge authority on poor ground and she pretended to be sick in order to escape the tension of the day . |
| 21 | She pretended to be busy dealing with her correspondence but she did not see the letters she appeared to be looking at . |
| 22 | Through her handling techniques she has to be able to control and inhibit the abnormal tonus or tension in the patient 's affected muscles . |
| 23 | But where more intensive support is required , over a longer period , he or she needs to be able to put the patient into contact with a relevant mutual aid group , befriending scheme , counselling service , or psychiatric crisis support scheme . |
| 24 | She was quietly , in a place called Peddeston , she 's chucked a travel ticket , it 's a bit much for her to do , big tough training and that sort of thing , but hopefully she 'll pass her test in the near future , and all she needs to be able to do is get her rise so she can afford to make up . |
| 25 | What constitutes , for me , a virtuous woman … a decent woman … has nothing to do with how many sexual partners she may have had , or whether or not she happens to be single or married . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 28 | Cleo Sinister possessed neither of these qualities , nor did she appear to be familiar with other desirable attributes such as obedience , silence and the possession of gentle manners . |
| 29 | She refuses to be ornamental and will not go with her husband on state trips that do not interest her . |
| 30 | Perhaps the best course was simply to come clean — to explain how she came to be involved in the case , and enlist Veronica 's help ? |