Example sentences of "[verb] she was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliet explained how it had all started , then she found she was telling her about Mrs Maybury and Celia . |
| 2 | She probably imagined she was comporting herself in an attractively provocative and feminine fashion , thought Lydia , sneering and lengthening her stride . |
| 3 | I do n't think she was expecting anything like that . ’ |
| 4 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 5 | No one would have guessed she was wearing it for any other reason . |
| 6 | His excitement meant nothing to her ; she felt she was covering him with a pall of ash . |
| 7 | She soon realised that Stephen 's mother thought she was demeaning herself by ‘ hobnobbing with the peasantry ’ but Stephen was grateful for her interest and that was all that mattered to Tamar . |
| 8 | But Tom said she was saying something about , you know , she liked coloured men or |