Example sentences of "she [verb] [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing she needed was to be up in front of the stewards again . |
| 2 | The last thing she needed was to be trapped in a broken-down vehicle with Piers Morrison . |
| 3 | The last thing in the world she needed was to be attracted to the man who had been Elise 's lover — even if he were n't already engaged in a live-in relationship with another woman ! |
| 4 | The last thing she needed was to be found trespassing in the Baron 's private grounds . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 6 | They had never even tried it until she had first seen Alain and now it seemed that every step she took was to be supervised . |
| 7 | All she wanted was to be alone . |
| 8 | All she wanted was to be by his side . |
| 9 | ‘ She knew if she had attended one of the public services she would have been the centre of attention and the last thing she wanted was to be photographed as the woman alone . |
| 10 | All she wanted was to be their friend , but they responded by ridiculing her . |
| 11 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 12 | Because , it occurred to her with heart-stopping suddenness , the last thing in the world she wanted was to be around when Rohan Saint Yves married Antoinette — or anyone else . |