Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] she [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A buffet lunch was organised to send her off in style at which was presented with a variety of gifts for her new arrival . |
| 2 | Mostly , she remained an invalid , irritable , on edge and defensive , becoming panic-stricken if the slightest attempt was made to get her away from the house . |
| 3 | The hawk was sacred to her , and was used to depict her symbolically in art . |
| 4 | Alina had assumed that Belov was taking her to another of the buildings , but it seemed now that he was going to lead her out of the settlement altogether . |
| 5 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 6 | He was going to kiss her , she thought wildly , he was going to bend her back over his arm and put his mouth to her throat , and she — she would close her eyes , she would arch her body to his … |
| 7 | But she had n't moved and I began thinking about how I was going to get her out to our vehicle . |
| 8 | There was the prince 's mother , mamina , the old principessa she was called to tell her apart from Anna . |
| 9 | The skipper was preparing to take her out to a second rendezvous arranged for that night when the lookouts saw the grey canoe with a lone paddler . |
| 10 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 11 | The little girl seemed to be with a group , the carriage was dense with bulky figures , and I had the impression someone was trying to get her away from the window . |
| 12 | How wonderful if he was trying to keep her here with his questions , but she doubted that . |
| 13 | I was planning to bring her back on the Sleeper tonight . ’ |