Example sentences of "she was [adj] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court might be in a foreign country , there to try a citizen of yet a third nation , but it was her element and she was relieved to be back in it , even though she could take no active part in the trial . |
| 2 | She was relieved to be out in the cool night air , but the journey home was an awkward one and she felt a little sorry for herself as she waited for her second bus . |
| 3 | However , it seemed from his more relaxed air that he had accepted she was innocent of being involved in any plot devised by the beautiful and desirable Lotta — whoever she might be ! |
| 4 | Maybe away from her mum and dad she was capable of being a human being . |
| 5 | She was tired of being surprised by a wind from the west |
| 6 | She was grateful to be away from the subject of her age and told him honestly , ‘ I 've an elder sister , ’ and , on thinking briefly , added , ‘ but she 's in America at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | He admitted she was right to be angry . |
| 8 | Still , she was used to being ignored . |
| 9 | But , having been blessed with long , slender legs and what Paul described as a model-girl 's figure , she was used to being stared at , so she walked past them with her normal slightly coltish grace , her composure intact . |
| 10 | Although Mrs Whitehouse recounts stories of the ‘ embarrassing ’ moments she experienced when discussing certain matters with her pupils , it appears from her accounts of this period that the school-based sex education programme she was involved in was , for her , a positive and satisfying experience . |
| 11 | Six months before she was due to be released she was assessed for admission to a special hospital , at the request of the prison psychiatrist ; two months later she was transferred to Moss Side hospital . |
| 12 | Although she was anxious to be able to travel on the underground and in aeroplanes , she felt that the problem which caused her the most inconvenience was her inability to go into any large shop or department store without experiencing extreme panic . |
| 13 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 14 | One thing she was sure of was the purpose of her husband 's visit here . |
| 15 | The only bit of the picture she was sure of was the leaves , the outline of the hills and the brand new moon . |
| 16 | While Maggi Bennett , parish clerk , said she was delighted to be asked by the staff to add their gifts to those already received . |
| 17 | For her it became a cloying and pallid countryside , tamed and weakened by man 's attempts to prettify nature but , in 1947 , she thought it the pleasantest spot in the world and she was delighted to be there . |
| 18 | She was delighted to be abroad — for the first time in her life — and pleased to see Louise again . |
| 19 | Locally-born actress Rhian Morgan said she was delighted to be surrounded by such an ‘ ocean of Welshness ’ at the festival , but realised how empty it would seem after the festival was over . |
| 20 | Clarissa opened her door and said she was sorry for being so hopeless on the telephone . |
| 21 | Introduced to the children by headteacher Margaret Sutton , Mrs. Bulmer said she was pleased to be able to make the visit and presented the school with a tree , which she hoped the children would be planting in the garden . |
| 22 | She was skilled at being English , but she was more interesting when she was half Arab . |
| 23 | We have to ask ourselves why Mrs Thatcher would never say she was proud to be old . |
| 24 | Her father was the greatest actor-manager since Irving ; she was proud to be taught by him , would as proudly appear in a part which left him , the great Asshe , with no other place for himself than that of Lord Capulet . |
| 25 | She was proud to be seen with him , and knew they made a picture when they rode up together . |
| 26 | She concluded by saying she was proud to be Chancellor of Salford . |
| 27 | She was far from being so , and I always remember her with affection for the way she enlivened my drama classes . |
| 28 | Perhaps she sometimes did , she replied — with sudden sideways glances — but she was far from being housebound . |
| 29 | That alone told her that she was far from being in love with Dick . |
| 30 | For she was far from being the ruthlessly manipulative monster that Jake appeared to have convinced himself she was . |