Example sentences of "she be [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | if she 's not doing that she 's winding wool ready , she does |
| 2 | I think she 's right saying that er er watch that off |
| 3 | She 's also told that it 's Grace Poole that slept by the Rochester 's bed . |
| 4 | She 's always maintained that her son is not dead . ’ |
| 5 | Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put . |
| 6 | She soon became absorbed , oblivious to the passage of time , and was startled when she was politely informed that the doors would shortly be closed for the midday break . |
| 7 | She was also discovering that there was more to Sean O'Farrell than the frivolous charm which he presented to the world . |
| 8 | She was also told that some of the creatures and vegetation on the planet were not real , but the product of a Nicaean corporation . |
| 9 | She was also advised that she should continue to try to reduce weight and should not return to her work ( which involved standing all the time ) until she had been seen in the Outpatient Clinic in six weeks time . |
| 10 | She was also offended that a young man as charming and eligible as Lord John should flaunt his foolishness . |
| 11 | When she was n't explaining that she and the libbers were on the same side really , Mrs Travers took pains to point out that FAMILY had no quarrel with the poor or socially inadequate ; it was just that she wanted to pay tribute to the unsung millions of women ( and men ) who lived normal lives , did not swap roles , get divorces or abortions , become homeless or batter their children ( or their wives ) ; people who faced misfortune with re-sourcefulness and courage and without recourse to public funds . |
| 12 | She wished she was n't offended that he did n't rush to assure her that she was n't that bad a waitress . |
| 13 | She was n't to know that he 'd been posted to Berlin . |
| 14 | At first reluctant to agree to any changes , she was eventually persuaded that the riders would benefit . |
| 15 | She was fervently wishing that he would go away , and yet part of her wanted him to stay . |
| 16 | She was later to discover that a certain J. Olivier believed that Vincent Van Gogh 's self-mutilation in Arles was an aspect of some bull-ritual . |
| 17 | She was already determined that nothing should ever frighten her . |
| 18 | She was not to know that , once at sea , they would only be allowed on deck at certain times , like dogs let out to exercise . |
| 19 | Her will included legacies of twenty pounds each to her Frome cousins , Mary and Sarah , the daughters of her uncle John Titford ; she was not to know that Mary would die just two months before she did , though Sarah , as we shall see , survived for another five years , long enough to bless the generosity of her Surrey cousin . |
| 20 | She was not to know that Tina , sticking to her principles , had long ago slept with her cousin Jarvis . |
| 21 | But she was not to know that he had had this desire , and went into the house with head bent , feeling that she had been a failure . |
| 22 | Her instinct , almost irresistible , was to throw it at him , but she was fast learning that there were impulses which a person in her position could not afford to follow . |
| 23 | For the next moment he was kissing her and she was instantly realising that nothing quite so exciting had ever happened to her before . |
| 24 | Once she saw , sitting on the pavement before a café , drinking pale green drinks , and embracing , leaning over from their plastic chairs towards each other and embracing , the most beautiful couple ; the man with a face angular and ravaged and tragic , the girl dark and thin , with pale lips in a dark tan face : and she was so moved that she said , aloud to Rosie who was walking with her , " Look , Oh God , look at those lovely people " : and Rosie looked and stared and laughed and said , " Good Lord , what odd ideas you have , I would n't look like that if you gave me a hundred pounds . " |
| 25 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |
| 26 | She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea . |
| 27 | They were both selfish individuals and she was now thinking that they deserved each other . |
| 28 | She was still shaken that anyone should calmly kiss her when she had not been long widowed , but his remark stung her into retort . |
| 29 | Leith began , but , when she was about to declare that she did not love Travis , she suddenly remembered that , in covering for him and Rosemary , she could not be selective . |
| 30 | She was about to retort that it most certainly did , but then hurriedly stopped herself . |