Example sentences of "she [verb] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What does she think 's happening to education ? |
| 2 | After all she has been compared to Monroe , a parallel she does n't argue with although she insists she wo n't get into the same mess as the icon who screwed up her life with an overdose of men , booze and drugs . |
| 3 | She has been appointed to the Audit Commission as a manager in their Special Projects Unit , providing management consultancy to local authorities and the N.H. S. She is based in the Midlands . |
| 4 | Finally , Lowestoft members are reminded to be particularly polite to Marlene McGee , as she has been appointed to the Lowestoft bench of the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 5 | It is sufficient for that person to establish that he or she has been prevented to an appreciable extent from enjoying the ordinary comforts of life ; there is no need to establish direct injury to health . |
| 6 | The girl is looking off-screen to the right , so she has been placed to the left of the frame to give her ‘ looking room ’ . |
| 7 | She has been elected to an emeritus fellowship , and has our good wishes for her retirement . |
| 8 | She has been elected to the editorial board of the Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society , London . |
| 9 | Redeemed by Christ into a renewed virginal state , she has been restored to her original spiritual equality and autonomy . |
| 10 | She has been talking to the Seniors about working on Saturdays . |
| 11 | She has been seconded to the Civil Service Selection Board , where she is helping to devise the entrance competition for the ‘ fast stream ’ applicants to the Civil Service , Diplomatic Service and Tax Inspectorate . |
| 12 | The square is completed and she has been introduced to Turtle Graphics . |
| 13 | She has been going to therapy since she was about two . ’ |
| 14 | As children we called her Minna , and she has been known to us and to our friends as Minna ever since . |
| 15 | Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become integral to her economy and politics over forty years ' association , and partly because it appears to offer the best defence against Soviet aggression and encroachment — a long-standing fear — in Northeast Asia , and the best hope of Japan 's integrity overall in a world where she has been proved to be economically and militarily vulnerable . |
| 16 | Since joining , she has been promoted to her present very senior position . |
| 17 | She 'd been flattered to be asked , of course . |
| 18 | She 'd been elected to the National Executive Committee and she stood up , said how pleased she was , and then said , ‘ But now I have to take the bucket round for a collection because that 's what I always do … ’ and I just thought , ‘ How wonderful ’ . |
| 19 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 20 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
| 21 | She 'd been wanting to be my best friend for ages . |
| 22 | She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch . |
| 23 | She 'd replaced the receiver instantly and refused to tell him who she 'd been speaking to , but then , as now , there was something challenging in her expression . |
| 24 | And was it any wonder she 'd fled , if she 'd been subjected to the same bullying and threats by an earlier generation of de Rocheforts ? |
| 25 | Oxford Crown Court heard today that she 'd been subjected to repeated indecent assaults by her mother 's ex-boyfriend at their home in the Wantage area between 1985 and 1987 . |
| 26 | And she 'd been coming to our house , Oh about fie or six years , and she said one day to Mary , that 's my wife , says you know , Not strange name , there 's not many of them about . |
| 27 | She 'd been required to be beautiful and talented and independent , but she had n't wanted to be any of those things . |
| 28 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 29 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 30 | The same Rory she 'd been talking to just before he and his wife Harriet died . |