Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't actually say , ‘ Please hurry up , oh please hurry up , ’ but she might just as well have done : her mouth twitched as if she were muttering it inwardly , her eyes kept darting to the clock on the mantelpiece and there were red , nervous spots on her cheeks . |
| 2 | She paused before answering him , her eyes blinking as if she were thinking ; and then she said , ‘ It was last year … or sometime longer , when … when we lived in Durham . ’ |
| 3 | Her lips move constantly , as if she were remembering a text , like a Hasid at prayer . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I ca n't help you , ’ she kept saying , as if she were chanting a mantra . |
| 5 | At the same time Penny said of Diana : ‘ If she were to fall in love with someone prepared to go through hell , fire and water — not to mention Royal opposition — for her , she might think about separation . ’ |
| 6 | She twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 7 | Her expression was one of utter distaste , as though she were looking at something a dog had done in the middle of the floor . |
| 8 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 9 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 10 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 11 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 12 | For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition . |
| 13 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 14 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 15 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 16 | As his firm , predatory fingers stroked her body , following her soft curves with a barely restrained urgency , she wondered if it would be enough for either of them if she were to withdraw now from their headlong fall into physical ecstasy . |
| 17 | When weddings were weddings , and the scullery maid would faint if she were seen by her ladyship in the wrong part of the house not attending to her duties , there were rules of etiquette and runic codes to cover every contingency . |
| 18 | Again Lee felt as if she were watching something new . |
| 19 | ‘ Pregnant ! ’ said Lydia Horton , her face as horror struck as if she were watching a Boris Karloff film . |
| 20 | Her nose wrinkled at the smell of beer , and she kicked off her mink-trimmed bootees as if she were kicking Boyd . |
| 21 | Where she were killed ! |
| 22 | Julia , delighted to see that the affection between them was solid enough to allow such teasing , said , as though she were considering some knotty legal problem : |
| 23 | And if , it 's as if she were writing a diary , I decided . |
| 24 | She said I could and then she were messing about you see . |
| 25 | She looked as if she were trying to remember something . |
| 26 | For a moment after she 'd come in her face had gone all stiff , as if she were trying not to cry . |
| 27 | Mrs Gray sounded as though she were trying to be fair . |
| 28 | She were trying to attract your attention |
| 29 | After many years of steady stage and television work , it was as if she were exploring a rich new emotional seam in her work . |
| 30 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |