Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | France and Belgium were the two lesser industrial powers and although France had been a big eighteenth-century producer of coal , her resources were unable to provide her with the fuel she needed for industry on the German scale . |
| 2 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 3 | She ignores me , whining about how he was supposed to meet her at the Bullet 's Head . |
| 4 | ‘ I was glad to see her at the pictures with you , ’ Anne said . |
| 5 | When she returned to Swans ' Meadow , she found Ursula had embarked on a cold-blooded drinking bout and was reluctant to accompany her into the garden , the one venue where Charlotte felt she could safely disclose what had happened . |
| 6 | The male did not bother her at all after spawning , so I was able to leave her in the Mbuna colony until she was ‘ near term ’ — and all the fry were this time normal — all 120+ of them . |
| 7 | She was the one sister who was sympathetic to him ; that is , when he was able to detach her from the others . |
| 8 | She was taking a secretarial course , and I was able to tell her about the importance of that work in hospital . |
| 9 | Christina was pleased to get her into the car without being mobbed , and drove quickly out of town and on to the coast-road . |
| 10 | Had it been Alex Household who had been shot , the situation would have been different , because she so patently disapproved of him , but with Michael Banks as the victim , it was difficult to cast her in the role of murderer . |
| 11 | It was difficult to see her through the dazzling spurts of fire ; she seemed to be less and less there . |
| 12 | But before writing to her friend of the matter , the queen-dowager debated whether or not it was necessary to burden her with the knowledge . |