Example sentences of "[conj] she [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Whitehouse said that she was writing to the heads of the BBC , the independent TV companies , and the British Board of Film Classification to demand that they personally institute cuts in screen violence . |
| 2 | She was uncertain whether , at work , she should be denying the rumour that she was engaged to the head of the Massingham empire , but thought that if Naylor had any strong views on the subject she 'd soon be hearing about them anyway . |
| 3 | She dropped the bowl that she was using to the floor . |
| 4 | Melissa took a step forward and saw that she was clinging to the cast-iron pillar with both hands , her face half hidden among the foliage , her shoulders heaving . |
| 5 | ’ When still she made no move , he chuckled and made as if to put the document away again , pausing when he saw out of the corner of his eye that she was returning to the desk , albeit hesitantly . |
| 6 | Mrs Crump expressed her gratitude with the eloquence of total silence but with a little look which , as Hope noted and saw that it was noted , signalled that she was pierced to the heart . |
| 7 | In my view the trial judge , dealing as he was with a most difficult and distressing case under the necessity to give a decision immediately , did not sufficiently take into account the degree of pressure required to constitute undue influence in the case of a patient in the position of Miss T. I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that there is abundant evidence which would justify this court in coming to the conclusion that she was subjected to the undue influence of her mother which vitiated her decision . |
| 8 | Later , in June 1989 , it was reported that she was proposing to the Lord Chancellor that the Children Bill should reverse a decision which she and other members of the Court of Appeal had felt obliged to make excluding hearsay evidence . |
| 9 | So Lilian was informed that she was to come to the dentist for an examination . |
| 10 | Then she fell upon him , leaning out and abandoning herself to his grip , throwing both legs up until she was rammed to the hilt of him , and feeling that marvellous pulse as he squandered his month of continence into her , spending on and on . |
| 11 | That night Miss T. 's condition deteriorated and she was transferred to the intensive care unit . |
| 12 | A constable was at the door to regulate the stream of people going into the chapel , and she was directed to the eastern gallery . |
| 13 | Shannon fought against him as hard as she could , but his hands in her hair held her face captive just where he wanted it , and she was pinned to the ground by his weight . |
| 14 | And she was subjected to the same technique Courtney used to ensnare women he assaulted after offering them drugged wine . |
| 15 | Marjory was riding near Paisley when her horse stumbled and she was thrown to the ground . |
| 16 | The mare shied violently , jumping with a sudden jerk to the left with such force that Lucy 's boots slid from the stirrups and she was thrown to the ground . |
| 17 | Cos she was going to the panto thingy . |
| 18 | Alina stayed where she was , her eyes closed , almost as if she was listening to the silence . |
| 19 | She tried to stand up , but she was tied to the chair at her wrists and ankles . |
| 20 | USAF officials originally placed her at Edwards AFB but she was moved to the nearby March facility for restoration and display . |
| 21 | She wanted to look good for Dane because she was responding to the age-old instinct of women everywhere who felt the need to dress up and be beautiful for their men . |
| 22 | Laura 's parents have been with her since she was flown to the US on May 30 . |
| 23 | The Ithusheng Community Association was founded more than 10 years ago by well-known South African physician and political activist Dr Mamphela Ramphele , when she was banished to the rural village of Lenyenye in one of the so-called black homelands in the North Eastern Transvaal . |
| 24 | Stephen Whitley 's widow Constance Whitley , 34 , told Cheshire 's deputy Coroner John Pollard , how she was in their terrace home in Mill Lane , Great Sutton , on the evening of March 4 , when she was alerted to the fire by sounds coming from the garage , a few yards from the house . |
| 25 | In 1971 I was in command of Venturous when she was sent to the North West Coast of Scotland , a winter patrol specifically designed to keep a check on the foreign fishing fleets engaged in " Klondyking " . |
| 26 | The high-light of Topaz 's season came when she was introduced to the Prince Regent . |
| 27 | Sarella could n't let the side down , and when she was pulled to the front she leaned against the piano and , after a whispered word to the pianist , started to sing . |
| 28 | Claire was 15 months old when she was admitted to the children 's ward suffering from asthma . |
| 29 | She had a divinity degree from London University and had completed part of a law course at Lagos University when she was admitted to the faculty in 1983 as an entrant preparing to sit her bar exams . |
| 30 | She edged quietly towards the door , but did n't manage to get further than the edge of the chair when she was pinned to the spot by fierce grey eyes . |