Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 2 | The people she liked best were the consultants . |
| 3 | She had also been the saviour to many local drinkers who were about to get the bums rush from an irate Knocker , always a painful experience because Knocker rarely bothered to open the door first . |
| 4 | She watched her mother and daughter talking together and felt a deep hurt , as if she had somehow been the cause of it all . |
| 5 | He told her that , in a previous life , she had actually been the composer of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , and , while she was in a trance , he dictated his new work to her — a Concerto in G for harp , oboe and string orchestra . |
| 6 | Seeing her there , Stephen had to remind himself — for nothing in her bearing hinted at it and no vestige of hand-some looks remained — that she had once been the mistress of Alfred Osborn Tace . |
| 7 | She could not imagine that she had ever been the first person . |
| 8 | She had never been the sort of girl to hang around , waiting for a man . |
| 9 | She had always been the great friend of Noreen 's and of Liam too in his young days . |
| 10 | She had always been the sensible , down-to-earth twin , yet here she was , going away with a man she had only known for two days . |