Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] she [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments she was saying very natural and quite irritable ‘ ouches ’ when Phoebe prodded too hard . |
| 2 | After a busy day she was far too tired to do any exploring . |
| 3 | When deprived of a large audience she was quiet and rather unsure of herself . |
| 4 | ‘ Dressed like a fucking commando she was , last night . |
| 5 | For a frozen second she was back in reality , just a second , before the core of power erupted within her , spraying up molten gobbets of light from every pore of her body , from the base of her spine to the centre of her mind . |
| 6 | For a shocked second she was very aware that this was the mouth that only hours before had been kissing her , making her feel things she had never felt . |
| 7 | But for a nagging worry she was fully recovered . |
| 8 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 9 | For a few moments she was laughing so much she could n't speak . |
| 10 | Then for a few days she was quiet . |
| 11 | For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically . |
| 12 | He was deeply worried about Berenice , and for a fleeting moment she was envious of the love he lavished on another woman . |
| 13 | A strong hand stayed her fall and for a brief instant she was flung against Fen 's chest , his heartbeat quite audible as her breathing seemed suspended . |
| 14 | For a full second she was too stunned to move , but then she slapped his hand away , and , drawing herself up to her full five feet four , she glared at him furiously . |
| 15 | As a tiny baby she was struck down by cancer which led to her losing an eye , and still faces further treatment . |
| 16 | Quick as a bleeding flash she was , the way she bunged herself head first into that little black job and stopped that poor bugger what was bleeding like a bloody stuck pig , afore any of your lot got here . |
| 17 | But as a small child she was so inspired by anything to do with the theatre that at six she was sent to the Barbara Speake stage school in Acton , west London . |
| 18 | At her request as a Roman Catholic she was moved to Hope House , Cambridge . |
| 19 | As a young woman she was intelligent , personable , and attractive . |
| 20 | It would appear from a portrait at Shibden Hall that as a young woman she was very attractive . |
| 21 | The defendant counterclaimed that as a residential occupier she was protected by section 3 of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 so that she could only be evicted by means of execution of a warrant of possession , and she sought damages for unlawful eviction under section 27 of the Housing Act 1988 .. |
| 22 | Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge . |
| 23 | I had to wait until the female was bulging-ripe , so within a few days she was brooding . |
| 24 | At first , her face burned and she was often defeated in her purpose but within a few weeks she was indistinguishable from the seasoned bargainers . |
| 25 | Within a short time she was sitting only for Dante Gabriel Rossetti [ q.v . ] . |
| 26 | From a vague distance she was aware that the rain continued unabated , but it could n't touch her . |
| 27 | In a strange way she was n't even surprised . |
| 28 | She had taken the trouble first to find out what she could about the topic from the notes given , and had thought about it carefully , so that in a real sense she was herself involved in what was happening in the classroom . |
| 29 | In a quiet way she was a heavy drinker and often needed a dash of caffeine in the morning . |
| 30 | In a few minutes she was calmer . |