Example sentences of "she be [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So deep in thought had she been that she reached her destination before she 'd made any definite plans about how to proceed . |
| 2 | So single-minded had she been that she 'd forgotten the presence of Mike and this man . |
| 3 | ‘ And Mama has written to say how grateful she is that we 'll be able to see how the old house has stood up to the war and cope with any disasters for her . ’ |
| 4 | in which he says that erm the more convinced that she is that it 's going to be fatal in its operation , the more determined apparently she is that Adam shall share . |
| 5 | She simply told me how relieved she was that her husband had not put to sea that day . |
| 6 | The first thing we talked about was how wearing the camisole top had made her feel self-conscious , and how glad she was that she had put a shirt over it . |
| 7 | She put my book down , said for about the fourth time how sorry she was that she 'd missed my reading , but she 'd simply felt too shaky . |
| 8 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 9 | ‘ Before she left , the PM told me how pleased she was that you were so frank . |
| 10 | She wanted to thank him for his kindness , to tell him how grateful she was that he had offered to help but the words would not come . |
| 11 | I was too far away to observe what colour Enid Starkie 's eyes were ; all I remember of her is that she dressed like a matelot , walked like a scrum-half , and had an atrocious French accent . |
| 12 | All I know about her is that she 's twice a widow … |
| 13 | The only thing Father Dolan had been able to tell her was that her mother had died of a fever soon after arriving in the town ; he himself had learned this from the constable . |
| 14 | As the weeks progressed , the only thing which troubled her was that her new friends had seen so much more of the world than she had . |
| 15 | What infuriated her was that they charged three shillings for afternoon tea , so she decided to forgo it because she knew the men would still be out on the links . ’ |
| 16 | What I liked about her was that she charged less in the 6ds than she did in the 1/3s : she had a sliding scale . |
| 17 | All I knew about her was that she was a Quaker elder , had a bad back and a year ago had wanted either my studio or garden to give relaxation classes in . |
| 18 | The point about her was that she had a trick which worked and , unlike many politicians , She Was Not Found Out . |
| 19 | The appropriate procedures for investigation were followed and the opinion of the consultant paediatrician who examined her was that she had been chronically abused sexually . |
| 20 | All I knew about her was that she was a schoolteacher , as Tom had been before he joined the organisation . |
| 21 | What else he had failed to tell her was that there was a fortune at stake — and that the custodian of it was this Bluebeard , this marauding monster … who , even now , while she was going through the motions of hating him , was turning her body to liquid honey . |
| 22 | ‘ But why I mentioned her was that I heard by chance that she has married again . ’ |
| 23 | All that amazed her was that he had not expected that . |