Example sentences of "[verb] she be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't she know she was being played like a fish ? |
| 2 | And all at once the coldness that had seemed to freeze her was being swept aside by a sudden rushing warmth . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's far too hot for this climate , ’ she retorted flatly , her cheeks flushing as she turned away from those cynical , all-seeing eyes , beneath which she 'd felt she was being mentally undressed . |
| 4 | At the same time , she recognised she was being unreasonable . |
| 5 | I also assumed she was being relevant . |
| 6 | After other passengers had been dropped off , she had realised she was being driven the wrong way for her home . |
| 7 | I do n't think she 's being shunned because of her impetigo . |
| 8 | I should think she 's being very ge ge er er , er given her a lot yo yo you know . |
| 9 | He would think she was being totally unreasonable . |
| 10 | The 41-year-old mother realised she was being followed by two men as she returned to a multi-storey car park after a lunchtime trip to a supermarket in Fareham , Hants . |
| 11 | As she forced her way back along the pavement , laden with shopping bag and plant wrapped in paper , Meredith suddenly realised she was being hailed . |
| 12 | ‘ When I put my hand down to feel what was wrong I realised she was being attacked — but I did n't know by what . |
| 13 | She realised she was being propositioned . |
| 14 | She realised she was being too serious , a problem that had plagued her all her life . |
| 15 | Leonora shivered and held out her hands to the stove , then stood motionless as she realised she was being watched . |
| 16 | She was sounding strained , and as always when she was over-extended she was being unnecessarily bossy . |
| 17 | Well you look , oh the other one too , I mean she 's being stupid with her ! |
| 18 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 19 | At any other time Phoebe would have thought she was being mocked and taken offence . |
| 20 | Nobody had told her it was to happen ; she had thought she was being brought here to be examined , and then the dentist had put a rubber mask over her face . |
| 21 | Which you know is an advantage in other ways as well I think , because if you know she 's being paid scale two you know other responsibility comes with it as well |
| 22 | Later , when the women let themselves into their own room , Billie sensed she was being watched . |
| 23 | A futile gesture , as he lifted her off the ground , and before she could react she was being carried unceremoniously to the house . |
| 24 | Little Tero whinnied hysterically when she discovered she was being left behind . |
| 25 | But if Her Majesty is putting her hopes in Prince William becoming the perfect monarch , I feel she is being rather over-optimistic . |
| 26 | She says she feels she 's being punished even though she 's only trying to do what 's best . |
| 27 | Well she feels she 's being left out or something |
| 28 | Wilson saw she was being watched , closely studied , and dropped her eyes to concentrate on the jacket she was making for Pen . |
| 29 | Bill , the first footman , who had nothing to tell him , said his foot itched to kick him up the b.t.m. , while Mary said she felt she was being taken by one of those continental gigolos to the Strand Corner House , as a preliminary to being seduced . |
| 30 | He was thinking instead of the twenty minutes he had spent at home between a difficult hour persuading the voluntary organist at New End ( a retired primary-school headmistress who felt she was being taken for granted ) to continue , at least temporarily , and this service of compline at Quindale . |