Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just as well Devoy clinched the issue in three games , for she admitted to being tired . |
| 2 | Since there appeared to be no help for it , she admitted to being who she was . |
| 3 | While she was happy for her younger sister , she admitted to being rather envious of Diana 's new found fame . |
| 4 | Also , she failed to be swayed by arguments that Britain 's future industrial prowess crucially depends on a strong base in computing research . |
| 5 | She also spied the McPhersons to her left standing on the roof of what she presumed to be their house . |
| 6 | She expected to be told to get on with her work and not waste time , but instead Miss Phoebe became unusually animated . |
| 7 | She expected to be sent out with a flea in her ear . |
| 8 | It had come her way because , leaving them in charge of Mrs Gracie , Dinah had gone for diversion to what she expected to be a dull sewing-meeting in the Islington church where she and Paul had been married . |
| 9 | When she opened them again , she was where she expected to be . |
| 10 | Samantha sank on to her bed to show the helpless state she expected to be in by the evening . |
| 11 | She had guessed it would look better — more disarming — not to be carrying a bag ; as if she expected to be out only for a short time . |
| 12 | She continued to live in her house on the Lung'Arno , patronizing scientists and literary figures , and holding nightly receptions at which she expected to be treated with the etiquette due to reigning royalty . |
| 13 | She expected to be thanked for her loyalty . |
| 14 | She expected to be shot the instant she emerged . |
| 15 | But she had been in his strong arms before , and as agitation at her own weakness assailed her , so , while she still could , she fought to be free . |
| 16 | In this way she lived to be a hundred years old , more or less . |
| 17 | Salads my father dismissed as ‘ grass ’ and my mother as ‘ rabbit food ’ , yet she lived to be eighty-four . |
| 18 | She lived to be 80 . |
| 19 | Anyhow she lived to be nearly ninety and I 'm not surprised . ’ |
| 20 | She wore a corset to support her broken body , and she lived to be only 47 . |
| 21 | Mona , two years younger , was the more likely to clash with him , but this day she agreed to be ruled by Maggie 's acquiescence . |
| 22 | She spoke at intervals about moving herself and Marcus out of the flat ( which she agreed to be horrid ) perhaps to another flat or to some vaguely envisaged country cottage . |
| 23 | Two weeks before the General Election of 1983 , she agreed to be interviewed on the BBC Nationwide 's On the Spot in the guise of Tory party leader rather than Prime Minister of Britain . |
| 24 | The therapist judged that Margaret had made a very serious attempt to kill herself , that she was severely depressed and a continuing suicide risk , Although Margaret felt that nothing could be done to help her she agreed to be admitted to a psychiatric unit . |
| 25 | A lawyer who performs under the name ‘ Mary Lou ’ , she agreed to be interviewed about her amateur pornography videos , provided that her real identity remain concealed . |
| 26 | But that 's the one she asked for were n't it ? |
| 27 | The next thing she asked for was a job to do for the Lord . |
| 28 | In the absence of the Orkney guidelines , she asked to be told which guidelines had been used , and whether these had ever been placed before the Island 's Social Work Committee for their approval . |
| 29 | She asked to be taken home and as he dropped her off he said cryptically : ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 30 | As a matter of fact she asked to be with Freddi and Luiza . |