Example sentences of "be what she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Endeavouring to be what she imagined was his ideal , she altered her demeanour several times a day . |
| 2 | Life had to be what she believed it ought to be ; she had no sense of reality . |
| 3 | Perhaps I could have tried harder to be what she wanted in a daughter-in-law . |
| 4 | She accepted his treatment of her as being what she deserved . |
| 5 | The questions were what she expected . |
| 6 | That were what she said to her that day and she says to you , if you carry on I 'm gon na have you put in that orphan 's home . |
| 7 | Shops were what she had missed most when she herself had been house-bound . |
| 8 | She had put them on without thinking , because they were what she had always worn for travelling outside London , but she began to wonder what David 's mother would think of them and to wish that she had put on her good black coat and skirt instead with one of her London hats . |
| 9 | ‘ Classy , ’ she muttered , thinking that , while she rebelled against his firm being involved , villas were what she had originally hoped for . |
| 10 | The words were what she had longed to hear , and she stayed silent , savouring the most wonderful moment of her life . |
| 11 | She needed someone to talk to about it all , needed a sharer of secrets , an ear to listen to her plans and , above all , someone to agree that she was on the right course , that both shopping expedition and holiday were what she stood in urgent need of . |
| 12 | Despite what had happened between them , because it had been what she had wanted at the time and because Rune had been a generous and not over-demanding lover , and because she loved him , her own sense of self-esteem had remained whole . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's what she said , Mrs Wright , ’ said Lee . |
| 14 | ‘ Her business to find me a pretty and agreeable companion , that 's what she said . ’ |
| 15 | At least that 's what she said . |
| 16 | A man had died through him , that 's what she said . ’ |
| 17 | Will it be Millwall , or will it be Spurs ? ’ and here 's what she said to me : ‘ Son , you 're a West Ham fan and that 's the way you 'll stay . |
| 18 | ‘ She had some things to do : that 's what she said . ’ |
| 19 | That 's what she said . |
| 20 | ‘ Beauty is power ’ , that 's what she said , ‘ If Cleopatra 's nose had been a little shorter … |
| 21 | Yes that 's what she said . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's what she said . ’ |
| 23 | I went to see the Postmistress and she said I 've known you all my life , so start work on Monday morning because , you see , it was so quick and I had n't got my references back from the Railway Company but that 's what she said er I can start work on Monday morning . |
| 24 | That 's what she said . |
| 25 | That 's what she said , yes , but er , she got it wrong . |
| 26 | Oh she was going to be a , that 's what she said . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's what she said to me . ’ |
| 28 | They 're really brilliant very very good live and that was called er er , That 's What She Said Last Night . |
| 29 | At least I think that 's what she said . ’ |
| 30 | No I know , that 's what she said , she 'd wondered where that were coming from cos it were right up here . |