Example sentences of "[verb] she was [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the physician examined her , he found she was not a virgin ! |
| 2 | Pity she was n't a feminist we 'd have got to her easily enough . ’ |
| 3 | She says she was only a courier in an operation organised by Lock . |
| 4 | Did he think she was just a face and body , a woman so enamoured of herself and her career that she had no emotions ? |
| 5 | Did n't like she was more the career girl was n't she , I think ? |
| 6 | She had always thought she was not the type to ring the Samaritans . |
| 7 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 8 | Jo figured that her mother was probably a nympho — after all , it took one to know one and Jo thought she was probably a nympho herself . |
| 9 | I think she was just a bit hot . |
| 10 | At the time Peter supposed she was either a connoisseur of funerals or a casual visitor who , finding herself in the middle of the funeral , had stayed because she was too embarrassed to leave . |