Example sentences of "[subord] she be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF anyone in the Government has a conscience , I hope it was pricked by your terribly moving picture of Belinda Giles asking Santa to keep open London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital , where she is being treated for cancer . |
| 2 | Patricia was under heavy sedation at her home where she is being comforted by relatives . |
| 3 | Mrs Rees , 43 , an activity organiser at Trees Park Village near Middleton St George , was ‘ satisfactory ’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital , where she is being treated for facial wounds . |
| 4 | Cos she 's being horrible ! |
| 5 | Mrs Padmore 's way , if she is being consistent , of representing a notable silence on the tape . |
| 6 | Overworked and depressed , she felt as if she were being turned into a glamorous business machine . |
| 7 | What harm would come if she were being fooled for a change ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | as if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice , and with every step her confidence was faltering . |
| 10 | Those had been her words , and if she was being exact , they would mean that he had seen the icebound vessel from the air , exactly as Sunderby had seen it . |
| 11 | ‘ Said she was anxious to see the lad settled and she was sorry if she was being a bore . ’ |
| 12 | So it was n't as if she was being maltreated . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't — ’ She found herself faltering , wishing , hoping , and wondered if she was being stupid . |
| 14 | Belinda hurried back to the veranda and found the tissues , wondering if she was being overcautious about the blood sugar . |
| 15 | Not entirely sure if she was being teased or not , because so far as she knew the Irish did indeed take leprechauns very seriously , she gave a weak smile . |
| 16 | Dragging her feet reluctantly , as if she was being pushed from behind , Sylvia took her book to Carolyn , standing well back and handing it to her at arm 's length . |
| 17 | Knowing Barney 's standards of morality , she wondered if she was being wise , but it was best to be honest . |
| 18 | She stopped suddenly , wondering if she was being unfair to Bridget . |
| 19 | Just for a second she wondered if she was being taken for a complete fool . |
| 20 | His deduction made her heart stop , and his choices made her feel as if she was being torn apart . |
| 21 | He was n't sure if she was being sarcastic. but his answer was calm and equable . |
| 22 | A young girl with a carrier bag pushes her way through the crowd as if she was being pursued . |
| 23 | I do miss Rosa , and I am not able to go and see her because she is being looked after by my friend , Bill Purves at Clove Lodge , the next farm to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 24 | Because she was being slowly smothered by the Melanisms ? |
| 25 | Some decided that they would not pay the poll tax , but the people about whom I worry are those such as the elderly lady suffering from a form of senile dementia who came to me because she was being harassed about the poll tax . |
| 26 | Fortunately , she was a greedy horse , so when a helper held a bucket of food under her nose for her to eat while she was being mounted , she was easily distracted . |
| 27 | In his haste to be gone on his mysteriously urgent errand , only the briefest of exchanges had taken place between the dark Maltese and her friends , while she was being returned like a sack of damp laundry to its rightful owners … |
| 28 | So blue , so bright , they made her feel mesmerised and shaky , and , hating herself for standing meekly while she was being insulted , she hardened her expression . |
| 29 | The coffin muffled all sounds from outside , and she wondered if they were going to leave her here , or whether she was being taken elsewhere . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |