Example sentences of "she is [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is damned if she does and damned if she does n't . |
| 2 | The chiefs renege on the deal and she is stabbed as she tries to entice Odoff herself . |
| 3 | She is regarded as passive ( because the light does not have the intensity of the sun ) , and productive because it was believed that her shining , heavenly presence encouraged the growth of crops . |
| 4 | Eliza is portrayed as the most emotionally-balanced member of her family : she is loving as well as reasonable ( hence the original title of the book — ‘ Love and Reason ’ ) . |
| 5 | India has a number of diseases all her own , but if there is any suggestion that a foreign filly has been on the loose in a British stud she is rejected as unclean . |
| 6 | She is represented as accoutred with a shield and a trident , the traditional attributes of the Sea-god Neptune , to symbolize the fact that Britain 's strength depends on her sea-power as ‘ ruler of the waves ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ O ’ is enslaved by her lover Rene , yet she voluntarily submits ; she is represented as desiring subordination . |
| 8 | These assumptions will be detrimental to the black child if he or she is seen as being rescued from a life of misery . |
| 9 | Since a Prime Minister without a majority in the Commons is an impossibility , he or she is seen as in a position to make any law he or she sees as fit . |
| 10 | Furthermore , aggregated data from this source presented to the House of Commons Select Committee on Health show that in approximately two thirds of births registered solely by the mother she is classified as unoccupied . |
| 11 | Sally 's parents keep themselves aware of her circle of friends and make sure they know where she is going when she goes out . |
| 12 | She fancies her handsome American lodger like mad and , as he seems equally keen , she is devastated when another woman starts creeping into his room late at night . |
| 13 | She is depicted as regal , beautiful , smart and successful . |
| 14 | What can be wrong , however , with fantasising , treating a woman as an object , if there is no connection between the fantasy and real life and if she is depicted as wanting to be treated this way ? |
| 15 | But in both these situations she is marked as unclean and is segregated , as in both cases she bleeds . |
| 16 | In the new year 's gift list of 1563 she is described as ‘ gentlewoman ’ and by her son , in 1595 , as ‘ sworne as one of the privye chamber to the Quenes Majestie ’ . |
| 17 | She pronounces ‘ liver ’ with a long vowel , so that for a second he thinks she is asking if he likes geese saliva . |
| 18 | One important issue we have not considered is what happens to the individual once he or she is labelled as criminal . |