Example sentences of "[noun] she [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Then she opened her eyes , and rose to her feet She was wearing a black shirt outside black jeans , with black ballet shoes . |
2 | ‘ Oh , it 's bliss … ’ she began , then noticed Xanthe 's delicate widening of her eyes and a slight wrinkle of pale nose , like white jade , and noticed that on her fair curls she was wearing a small moulded felt cap , with a slantwise spray of fluffy feathers — ; egret ? — curving into her nape . |
3 | This evening she was wearing a little suit from a woman called Chanel , something that she had drabbled and subdued into an obscurity proper to its country background . |
4 | This week she was considering a six-month temporary tenancy at the Grey Horse , Haughton Village , offered by Grand Met . |
5 | In strict cash terms she is paying a higher rate on her mortgage than her savings are earning . |
6 | Wednesday was her day for replacing the flowers , and this morning she was carrying a small tissue-wrapped bunch of pink roses and one of small white chrysanthemums . |
7 | In Zborowski 's apartment in Nice , Modigliani drew a second portrait of Germaine , very similar , only this time she was wearing a black dress . |