Example sentences of "[verb] she [was/were] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moment later , realising she was teetering on the brink of self-pity , she brought herself up short . |
| 2 | Yanto could see she was sold on the idea Then he pulled her close and kissed her on the lips . |
| 3 | She understood she was standing on the pavement with people walking past , the traffic rushing up and down had been standing there , stock-still , for how long ? |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm assuming she was killed on the Saturday , of course , when she first went missing , as we now know . |
| 5 | She had clung to the doll tenaciously , until the awful feeling she 'd had once before stole up through her little body from her feet to her head , and the next thing she knew she was lying on the floor with her head in Ma 's lap . |
| 6 | They think she was killed on the night she disappeared . |
| 7 | So er , she phoned the corporation and she asked the man , to , to say she was leaving on the Saturday morning and were they , were they gon na come and er ba er what wi , er , bar up the windows ? |