Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 2 | It was just as well Devoy clinched the issue in three games , for she admitted to being tired . |
| 3 | Since there appeared to be no help for it , she admitted to being who she was . |
| 4 | While she was happy for her younger sister , she admitted to being rather envious of Diana 's new found fame . |
| 5 | Also , she failed to be swayed by arguments that Britain 's future industrial prowess crucially depends on a strong base in computing research . |
| 6 | She longs to be wanted and loved , and can share affection . |
| 7 | She also spied the McPhersons to her left standing on the roof of what she presumed to be their house . |
| 8 | ‘ But she hates to be confined . |
| 9 | She expected to be told to get on with her work and not waste time , but instead Miss Phoebe became unusually animated . |
| 10 | She expected to be sent out with a flea in her ear . |
| 11 | It had come her way because , leaving them in charge of Mrs Gracie , Dinah had gone for diversion to what she expected to be a dull sewing-meeting in the Islington church where she and Paul had been married . |
| 12 | When she opened them again , she was where she expected to be . |
| 13 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |
| 14 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 15 | She continued to live in her house on the Lung'Arno , patronizing scientists and literary figures , and holding nightly receptions at which she expected to be treated with the etiquette due to reigning royalty . |
| 16 | She expected to be thanked for her loyalty . |
| 17 | She expected to be shot the instant she emerged . |
| 18 | But she had been in his strong arms before , and as agitation at her own weakness assailed her , so , while she still could , she fought to be free . |
| 19 | In this way she lived to be a hundred years old , more or less . |
| 20 | Salads my father dismissed as ‘ grass ’ and my mother as ‘ rabbit food ’ , yet she lived to be eighty-four . |
| 21 | She lived to be 80 . |
| 22 | Anyhow she lived to be nearly ninety and I 'm not surprised . ’ |
| 23 | She wore a corset to support her broken body , and she lived to be only 47 . |
| 24 | When , after his assaults on her , she begs to be allowed to leave , her instinctive feeling for him makes her provide him with some hope of her return , or at least of their future communication . |
| 25 | Did she want to be seduced ? |
| 26 | Did she want to be loved ? |
| 27 | If they did , did she want to be part of one ? |
| 28 | Did she want to be just one more notch on Nathan Bryce 's bedpost ? |
| 29 | ‘ Does she want to be brilliant ? ’ |
| 30 | Neither did she want to be alone with him in the dark . |