Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] she [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the birds were enclosed she leaned against the low coconut tree behind the house and examined her arms in the gentle afternoon light , wondering what colour they were . |
| 2 | Her parents were expecting her to go to the college they themselves had attended . |
| 3 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 4 | The minute the door was closed she sat on the edge of her bed , covered her face with her hands and wept . |
| 5 | Instinct was telling her to collapse against the nearest tree and cry like a baby , but instinct could go and chase itself . |