Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] she [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The locks on her office door were changed to prevent her from gaining access . |
| 2 | If anyone found out and if Alain was angry she would fight it out later , but for now she had come a long way , she was tired , disappointed , and nobody was going to stop her from staying here . |
| 3 | She had a job to do , and no Italian Romeo suffering the effect of an over-active libido was going to keep her from doing it . |
| 4 | Yet he it was who had set up a meeting with ‘ Miguelito ’ quite deliberately , knowing that he was going to dupe her into going . |
| 5 | The words were spoken with a provocative , sidelong glance and Melissa was sure that , just for the hell of it , he was trying to trick her into questioning him over his relationship with Rose . |
| 6 | At the same time she handed off a man who was trying to prevent her from leaving . |