Example sentences of "she [vb mod] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may be invited to be its Chancellor even though she 's only got one O-level . |
| 2 | once the spawning is complete the female must get out of the male 's way and should be removed from the breeding tank , otherwise she may be harried to the point of being killed . |
| 3 | ’ Then , provoked by we know not what domestic disaffection , he adds : ‘ And yf she be not obedient and healpfull unto hym , endevorethe to beate the feare of God into her heade , that therby she may be compelled to learne her dutie and do it . ‘ |
| 4 | Where a woman fails to perform her expected role properly the GP tends to see her ‘ either in terms of the conventional models of their own social background ( she must adjust to her situation ) , or in terms of individual personal inadequacy ( that she must be referred to the psychiatrist ) ’ ( Barrett and Roberts , 1978 , p. 46 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ She must be got to hospital , ’ James Halden said . |
| 6 | Housewives definition she must be confined to her home , or that of a recognised medical institution . |
| 7 | Sister Dew was a tedious little woman but she must be listened to because of all his parishioners she was the one most likely to take offence . |
| 8 | She must be married to the young man next to me , who was drinking his tea out of a bowl and eating his bread with unwashed hands . |
| 9 | Johnson said she should be sent to St Kilda , that she ‘ stood in the way of what was good ’ ; he called her beauty ‘ insipid ’ , and said that a skilful craftsman could cut a better face out of a cabbage . |
| 10 | Shortly afterwards Miss T. went into labour and at 10.45 p.m. a decision was reached that she should be transferred to the maternity unit . |
| 11 | If she wants to do any or all of these things herself , though , she should be allowed to , and her own wishes in everything at this time should be respected . |
| 12 | She should be married to Charlie now , and safely pregnant at Lady Mead with Nanny , and if Charlie were to phone her tonight and ask her to marry him tomorrow she would cry , ‘ Darling ! |
| 13 | In the previous month Henry and Philip had held another conference at Gisors , confirming the settlement reached in December 1183 , but this time , instead of promising that Alice would marry one of his sons , Henry agreed that she should be married to Richard . |
| 14 | The messages from her brain to turn and walk away seemed to take so long reaching their destination , she thought she might be riveted to the ground forever . |
| 15 | The Heather he had known on Rhodes was an uncomplicated and instantly likeable young woman : a little gauche perhaps , a little unsure of herself , but essentially only what she might be expected to be . |
| 16 | She liked the taste of his mouth , the feel of his tongue caressing hers , but she did not feel threatened by the thought that she might be expected to ‘ go all the way ’ like some poor teenager on a heavy date . |
| 17 | ‘ She 'll be blasted to pieces , ’ she said . |
| 18 | She 'll be married to Number Three — actor Vincent Lindon — before the last autumn leaf has fallen . |
| 19 | Should the patient cease to accept treatment voluntarily and reject supervision , resulting in deterioration of his mental state , he or she could be recalled to hospital . |
| 20 | With her sensuous smile and her bare shoulders , she could be likened to a contented cat who knows she has found a good home . |
| 21 | She could be matched to any of four performers in the floorshow ; Josie was n't sure why , but it was as if her teenager 's skin and certain odd , somehow held-back elements of her personality made her into a blank sheet onto which anything could be drawn . |
| 22 | She died , aged 19 , in 1445 before she could be married to James Douglas , third Earl of Angus . |
| 23 | But the widow of a vassal was commonly at the disposal of the vassal 's lord : so long as her consent was obtained ( by whatever means ) and so long as she was not disparaged , she could be married to whom the lord chose . |
| 24 | It only worked if she could be brought to the surrendering pitch of exhausted or ecstatic release . |
| 25 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |
| 26 | She 'd be sent to her room and hear them going on about how if it was n't for The Child — her — everything would be different and it would have ended years ago . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'd likely walk free and she 'd be sent to gaol for being a whore . |
| 28 | When Margaret Hughes arrived at court in Leominster she knew there was a chance she 'd be sent to prison . |
| 29 | There 'd be so many other people around that she 'd be cushioned to some degree from the effect of his presence , she had reasoned . |
| 30 | But after a moment 's silence he said , as if casually , ‘ She 's a scamper , that one ; into every hole and corner , if I remember rightly , so she 's likely stayed out late and is frightened to go home — if old man Walton had a load on she 'd be introduced to the buckle end of his belt . |