Example sentences of "she would be [prep] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily smiled , her aunt could be a holy terror but tonight she would be on her best behaviour because the élite of the Swansea gentry would be at the Race Ball and Aunt Sophie had not found herself invited into the social circles lately , not since Craig 's arrest . |
| 2 | When she pointed out this might mean she would be on her own yet again throughout another summer he shrugged and said it could not be helped and he had no choice . |
| 3 | Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage . |
| 4 | He had warned her that she would be on her own , with only the butler for company , until Saturday when he returned . |
| 5 | Joshua thought she would be in her early forties . |