Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is as gentle as a lamb and while most people are cautious when meeting her , they soon think she 's wonderful . |
| 2 | And if you 're sensible and watch her closely you could learn a thing or two . ’ |
| 3 | Shortly , Colinetta claims that she herself has never been envious nor has she spread scandal , though evidently others behave in this way . |
| 4 | ONE of the Spanish flunkies approached the Princess Royal in Barcelona last week when the Royal Box happened to be empty and suggested she sit there . |
| 5 | Why could n't she be honest and tell her why she had wanted James to see Moorlake ? |
| 6 | You just have to be patient and allow her all the time she wants in which to ‘ say her piece ’ . |
| 7 | And he knew that Marama , because of her title , would always be looked after if she stayed on Koraloona , so it would be wrong of him to be selfish and expect her to live in semi-starvation on a strange island . |
| 8 | If she tried to experiment by wearing a little more make-up than usual , Bernard would be furious and despatch her upstairs to wipe it all away . |
| 9 | They climbed on the furniture , threw toys around , never did as they were told , and Mary felt that she was screaming at them all day to be quiet and leave her alone . |
| 10 | In the old days he would have been amused and asked her how she 'd done it . |
| 11 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 12 | He said Daphne even though she is married now I am willing to forget the bad talks that were going around about him being foolish and wanting her back . |
| 13 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 14 | Her parents and sisters were sympathetic but expected her to conform to the existing status quo . |
| 15 | What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away . |
| 16 | When she saw her gesture performed by a sister who had been admiring and imitating her from earliest childhood , she felt a certain unease : the adult gesture did not fit an eleven-year-old child . |
| 17 | In a long conversation to another close friend near the end of June , Antonia said she was upset and worried she was n't seeing enough of her Minister . |
| 18 | He said he was sorry and asked her not to contact the emergency services . |
| 19 | I said I was sorry and hoped she 'd soon be better and to tell her not to worry , that of course we 'd manage . |
| 20 | She supposed she had lost the baby but she herself felt reasonably comfortable apart from a plastic pipe stuck into the back of her hand which was sore and meant she could n't move . |
| 21 | He was doubtful and told her that she would have to ask the Queen 's private secretary for approval . |
| 22 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |
| 23 | Her brother was disgusted and called her a filthy collaborator , but at least the Englishman was safe . |
| 24 | Lucy could n't find time to come over for an evening ; the globally significant exhibition was floating on some remote iceberg ; Jeremy had an agent , an opening ; Lucy 's sister was ill and needed her ( Jay recalled Lucy 's exasperated indifference to her sister ) ; the painters were coming . |
| 25 | But since she was comfortable and occupied she felt no need to take the advantage of her freedom . |
| 26 | After that she went into service and there she stayed until , when she was about twenty-two years of age , her brother came to tell her he was married and to ask her if she would leave her employer and come to look after his wife who was expecting a baby . |
| 27 | Tom was awake and watching her . |
| 28 | He adored her for it and when Wilson chose to murmur against her interest , saying she could not see how it could be real , he was angry and said she was narrow and selfish , like most women . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , someone thought she was important and garrotted her . |
| 30 | When asked about this revolt the Prime Minister replied that he ‘ thought speed was important and hoped she would send for Lord Home immediately-as soon as she got back to the Palace ’ . |