Example sentences of "she [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her head was swimming and the floor seemed to be undulating as if she were at sea . |
| 2 | And he could only keep William and stop the court from giving Mummy custody if she were at home to help care for her brother . |
| 3 | Would it be far-fetched then to see Susan , if she were at home ringing up the Gay Byrne Radio Show to tell him what she saw ? |
| 4 | Mainly there was silence , in still greenish light , as if she were at the bottom of a pool . |
| 5 | she were at |
| 6 | What when she were at home ? |
| 7 | When she were at home |
| 8 | He was looking at her as though she were for sale . |
| 9 | I think she were off work last week . |
| 10 | Under his dark , quizzical gaze she felt as if she were under a microscope as she forced her legs to move , glued a polite smile on her lips . |
| 11 | ‘ She were with a man , zur . ’ |
| 12 | " I did 'ear she were with child again , " persisted the old hag when Pascoe was out of earshot . |
| 13 | She were alright when she were with me today . |
| 14 | Her voice had a lilt to it as if she were on the verge of laughter . |
| 15 | For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very , very high skyscraper . |
| 16 | Abruptly she felt as if she were on some kind of mental treadmill , returning to the same overworked grievance . |
| 17 | Claudia also watched him go ; then she walked into the flat , wishing she were on her own . |
| 18 | If he came back he would see her walking away from the house , walking down the track as if she were on her way back to Paris . |
| 19 | She began to wish she were on a surgical ward , but there was no chance of that happening within the next couple of months . |
| 20 | It would be difficult for 'er to get back'ards and for'ards , and she were on her own all the time . |
| 21 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 22 | And we went all round the bed and we went all round outside , we went all through the back smelt outside Jane 's door in case she 'd she were on fire could n't find nothing , sat down and read , he said it 's cos the telly 's on and I expect it 's damp and it 's you know |
| 23 | She 's knocking on , she were on the other day |
| 24 | And she were on her about and sailors and what have you and I thought , aye , I 'll know where you 'll end up lady and she has . |
| 25 | If she were of full age her ability to consent would have two separate effects . |
| 26 | What would she do if she were to be discovered ? |
| 27 | What if she were to be stranded in the mountains — marooned by a blizzard ? |
| 28 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 29 | It was bad enough that she 'd fallen in love with the cold , glacial man she already knew him to be — if she were to suddenly discover a tender , humane element to his character , heaven help her . |
| 30 | On balance , she felt enough loyalty to Gilbert and enough concern about Amy to feel that , if she were alive and if she were by any chance a party to her husband 's death , the Church rather than the police should be her first sanctuary . |