Example sentences of "she [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 From what you said on the phone , she 's kept a low profile too , which is lucky .
2 She 's developed a steady business and a strong social life at her church .
3 This may reflect a difference in emphasis in that parents seemed to be looking for information about their child 's overall character and behaviour ( eg ‘ good at sharing toys ’ ) whereas staff seemed to report specific good behaviour ( eg ‘ She 's done a lovely painting this morning ’ or ‘ He ate his dinner up nicely today ’ ) .
4 She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’
5 Mistakes — she 's made a few , but growing up in public was never easy .
6 But she 's made a miraculous recovery , and has now been allowed home .
7 She 's invited a close friend she wants us to meet .
8 A girlfriend of mine had the bags under her eyes removed but , two years later , she 's acquired a new set .
9 and she 's took a whole lot of Mandy and Neil !
10 ‘ So she 's learnt a few tables by heart , has she ? ’
11 She 's delighted a local team has won .
12 Now she 's started a local group .
13 She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil .
14 She 's paid a hefty £10 million for Braselton ( population 300 ) in Georgia !
15 Toni Halliday said she 's learned a great deal about women from men , ‘ and some men are able to write about the women we dream of being . ’
16 ‘ Because she 's retained a nai¨ve faith in human nature . ’
17 When she outgrows her cot , it is important for her developing limbs and back that she is given a new bed , not a hand-me-down that has been shaped by somebody else 's body .
18 She is wished a long , healthy and happy retirement by everyone .
19 Londonderry mother Frances McGinley said today she intends to camp outside the Waterloo Street Housing Executive office until she is offered a suitable house .
20 As soon as she is married and enters her husband 's family and clan group she is considered a potential source of danger , because her sexuality remains still incompletely controlled and its beneficiality as yet not proven through child-bearing .
21 The condition of the liver transplant patient Mrs Aisling Barnett has improved since she was given a Japanese drug , which is still undergoing clinical trials , to stop her body rejecting her new liver .
22 She turned to the pope ; and although she was in a less strong bargaining position than James V , now that there was no Protestant threat from England , she was given a certain amount of clerical taxation in 1556 and 1557 .
23 Eventually , she was given a small office at the hospital to use as a base .
24 She was given a dry Martini , which she hated and put down almost untouched on a table when nobody was looking .
25 She was given a decent welcome by the crowd at the Ang Mo Kio town centre .
26 The firm represented Paula when she was given a conditional discharge for causing £570 damage to a taxi in a drunken rage .
27 She was given a conditional discharge but banned from keeping any type of dog for 7 years .
28 However , her needs were totally ignored in that she was given a new posting to Aldershot — home of the Parachute Regiment .
29 Yesterday she was given a two year probation and ordered to pay £1,000 compensation , after admitting three specimen charges amounting to £1,252 and asking for 27 similar offences to be taken into account .
30 She was given a six month jail sentence .
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