Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] [subord] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the women were still there when she looked again ; twenty or thirty of them , in various states of undress — although none , she was relieved to notice once she could take things in , was actually naked . |
| 2 | Maybe to him Elise was dead even before she 'd died . |
| 3 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 4 | The princess kissed the frog and he did n't turn into a handsome prince but that was all right because she liked him as a frog . |
| 5 | Five minutes went by as she reflected that Rosemary must be feeling as miserable as Travis , then , checking to see that Travis was all right as she passed , she went to bed . |
| 6 | She was just there because she had n't er had n't passed away . |
| 7 | He was still there when she showered , dressed and went to partake of what was now her standard breakfast , a flavoursome yoghurt , bread , cheese and coffee . |
| 8 | But to her amazement he was still there as she turned to tell him , ‘ Please make yourself comfortable . |
| 9 | and it was later on when she 'd had a couple of tomatoes . |
| 10 | His voice was grimly determined , but her own was equally so as she faced him , conscious of the hot colour scorching her cheeks . |
| 11 | Although he was horribly conscious of his filthy boots , he sought out the supervisor of the office cleaning company by which Mrs. Millings was employed , and explained that she was late only because she had been helping the police to investigate a river tragedy " like a good citizen " . |
| 12 | But as it was no longer where she had left it , then it must have done , unless someone had shot into Rose Cottage and stolen it while Cassie had been sitting on the loo . |
| 13 | The hammer was no longer where she had dropped it . |
| 14 | The athlete has told the court that the Evans ' marriage was completely over before she became involved , but Mrs Evans said she had no right to comment , since she was an adulteress , she added that Ms Sanderson is going around schools parading before children : ‘ If there 's any of the children 's fathers there that she fancies , will she take them ’ , she asked . |
| 15 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 16 | She turned quickly away from me and was very still as she fought with her emotions . |
| 17 | Was this just because she saw herself as a Frieda Lawrence figure , or was there some firmer basis for it ? |