Example sentences of "she was be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 2 | But she was being a little too shrewd for real comfort . |
| 3 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |
| 5 | Even as she spoke she knew she was being a hypocrite . |
| 6 | ‘ Said she was anxious to see the lad settled and she was sorry if she was being a bore . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I am that , ’ said Ianthe , with the uncomfortable feeling that she was being a little coy . |
| 8 | Dressing for the afternoon , she wondered what Mrs Darrell was like , and whether she was worth all the tohu-bohu of preparing a slap-up tea , and being formally ‘ At Home ’ , which had resulted in even more work for McAllister , as Sally-Anne was increasingly beginning to think herself when she was being a maid of all work . |
| 9 | She was being a teacher . |
| 10 | All she was was an extremely hard-working girl whose dreams and aspirations had , miraculously , been achieved . |