Example sentences of "to be [adj] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mexicans in the moonlight , surging towards her over the stubble , old wrinkled women , kids with the bulbous stomachs , things to be honest she did n't see because they drove past too quickly on the motorway . |
| 2 | is to be honest she 's of little benefit to my organization . |
| 3 | The other woman had caught her completely on the raw with her mention of the man she had seen Adam with , though to be honest she could n't really have said why . |
| 4 | It was always a favourite place of Mala 's , and I hoped to get a glimpse of her in that enticing felinoid suit , to be sure she was all right . |
| 5 | I had to be sure she would tell you only about things that happened long ago . |
| 6 | ‘ To be sure she did , ’ agreed Mr Beckenham impatiently . |
| 7 | Even the thought of Candy acting as a spy in the camp could n't annoy her — she knew her friend well enough to be sure she would have acted with Rory 's best interests at heart . |
| 8 | ( Automatic Thought 1 may be traceable to a more wide ranging silent assumption that to be worthwhile she must get everything ‘ just right ’ . ) |
| 9 | Karen was a magnificent bitch , but when she tried to be human she turned into a Disney puppy : trashy , vulgar and sentimental . |
| 10 | She was cruelly obsessed with class and if her children had not come from a background that she knew to be reliable she would certainly have ignored them as she ignored the au-pair girls . |
| 11 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 12 | When Matron had to be tough she kept a girl on her feet . |
| 13 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 14 | When she tried to be cheerful she ended up flustered and red-faced , clammy all over . |