Example sentences of "she be [being] " in BNC.
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1 | The Trunchbull 's whole body and face seemed to swell up as though she were being inflated by a bicycle-pump . |
2 | He was so kind and good , and Honor felt as though she were being blessed whenever he spoke to her . |
3 | Overworked and depressed , she felt as if she were being turned into a glamorous business machine . |
4 | What harm would come if she were being fooled for a change ? |
5 | After half an hour or so , the two of them restored their employer to her feet , and they set off again , Miss Fergusson leaning on the guide 's arm with a strange nonchalance , as if she were being conducted round a cathedral or a zoological garden . |
6 | as if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice , and with every step her confidence was faltering . |
7 | One policewoman said that , while the men disappear when a rape victim is brought in , they all want ‘ to gawp at the girl when she 's being examined and read her statement ’ ( FN 17/2/87 , p. 19 ) . |
8 | She 's being forced to pay money to see her grandchild |
9 | This woman appeared on television with me and now she 's being asked to open supermarkets . |
10 | I do n't think she 's being shunned because of her impetigo . |
11 | Larry is with her and she 's being very brave . |
12 | It 's lucky she 's being properly looked after . ’ |
13 | Finding it difficult to believe how controlled she 's being , Angelica says , ‘ Alina , the police constable 's car is just across the square . |
14 | She 's being followed , ’ Farrell explained . |
15 | ‘ She 's being followed now . |
16 | ‘ It 's a shame she 's being held back . ’ |
17 | She 's being prepped for an emergency Caesarean now , under epidural . |
18 | she 's being led |
19 | I think that 's very important and I think it 's , there 's er actually , I have to say er I detect in 's letter because I am quite sure that a year ago she would have questioned the parish council 's existence , and indeed she 's being , erm , to my perception , highly critical of er the fact that the parish council has even dared to sort of taste the oxygen outside their own homes . |
20 | She 's being impossible , absolutely unbearable , and only you can make her come out . ’ |
21 | ‘ Emma , the child : she 's being utterly controlled by him , in all ways . |
22 | Erm , unfortunately lately she 's erm , stopped drinking because I think she had a drink problem , no she 's just being trying quite to cut down , no she 's being really good |
23 | So sort of she 's yeah , she 's sort of sensible and she 's tactful as well , she 's being tactful by |
24 | I suppose she knows the chef can cater for diabetics and there 's absolutely no reason why she should have to feel she 's being denied any of the luxuries ? ’ |
25 | She 's being very vindictive . ’ |
26 | She 's being comforted by friends . |
27 | Now she 's being asked to pay for it herself . |
28 | But she 's being encouraged in her fightback by a young rider who 's recovering from a similar fall . |
29 | She says she feels she 's being punished even though she 's only trying to do what 's best . |
30 | She 's being cared for back home at Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire . |