Example sentences of "she [vb past] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 2 | She 'd hoped to be able to take him out , perhaps for a longish walk through the forest where they could hope for a glimpse of a deer , but at its heaviest the downpour would have called for wetsuits rather than waterproofs . |
| 3 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 4 | Cal must have told her there was Nothing In It , I just felt sorry for him , she 'd got to be kind and take him in , only for a night . |
| 5 | Her tone said that she still loathed the Harlequin man , yet she felt compelled to be accurate . |
| 6 | Cowering beneath the bookcase , Mildred dared not move in case she had begun to be visible again . |
| 7 | It was only as the girl grew older and she realized that her mother was simply mouthing words and had no intention whatsoever of carrying out her threat that she had begun to be able to relax and enjoy what was left of her childhood . |
| 8 | Furthermore , she had grown to be grateful for the fact that their lives had drifted irretrievably apart , and she had prayed that things might stay that way for ever . |
| 9 | Days ago she had decided to be good — she was being quite good — but she was only pretending to be good so far and all this appreciation was as yet undeserved . |
| 10 | But I suppose she had pretended to be ill because she did n't want to be at the funeral . |
| 11 | She had wanted to be strong to the end , give no evidence of what this overthrow was doing to her . |
| 12 | She had wanted to be beautiful like Paula , would have traded everything to be just a little like the sister whose stunning good looks had the power to attract and mesmerise wherever she went . |
| 13 | Tonight she had wanted to be alone with her memories . |
| 14 | But she had ceased to be surprised , or even confused , by the constantly changing facets of Alexander Vass . |
| 15 | She might be proud , but she had learned to be provident ! |
| 16 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 17 | She had tried to be hard and grasping , tried to deal with this in a sophisticated , detached manner . |
| 18 | She had meant to be comforting , but even to herself the words sounded depressed . |
| 19 | That was probably all she had left to be proud of — she was still alive . |