Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] she [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 2 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 3 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 4 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 5 | He was watching her with a glint of amusement in those remarkable eyes . |
| 6 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 7 | With a puzzled lift of her head she found he was watching her with a faraway expression in his eyes . |
| 8 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
| 9 | He was watching her like a cat with a mouse . |
| 10 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 11 | She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court . |
| 12 | He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead . |
| 13 | And then , almost at once , his iron control seemed to snap , and he was kissing her with a frenzied , pent-up , impatient longing that was totally beyond anything she 'd ever experienced before . |
| 14 | She felt she had learned nothing about him as a man , that in some secret way he was keeping her at a distance . |
| 15 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
| 16 | Looking impossibly handsome in his formal wedding clothes , he was surveying her with a fierce intensity that not only made her blush furiously , but caused her pulses to race almost out of control . |
| 17 | Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl ! |
| 18 | as if he was treating her like a child … |
| 19 | He was treating her like a cheap pick-up . |