Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun] she " in BNC.

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1 ‘ When I did get back she had a very strange and dangerous problem which she dumped in my lap , assured me I was the only man she could trust to handle it .
2 When she was first married , I was the only person she could turn to .
3 She told me I was the only person she could trust , though I often saw her around with other people , misplaced people , I suppose .
4 I was the first person she turned to when she found herself pregnant . ’
5 Surely , if she was the caring person she makes out , she would insist on paying her dues .
6 And when said what it had meant to her , loosing personal jewellery and things that was sentimental value to , you know , the family that had died , and they were the only things she 'd got to remember them by , and so on .
7 Eleanor felt they were the funniest letters she 'd ever written ; Nigel brought out the best in her writing .
8 They were the hardest words she 'd ever had to say .
9 Our interview with her was the first news she had ever had that she had been the subject of a judgement summons .
10 She picked up her book and began reading , making a show of turning the pages so that he was left in no doubt that his presence next to her was the last thing she needed .
11 Peter wondered if he were the only person she had n't bothered to tell .
12 She shuffled around uncomfortably , finally deciding to cut the bread because it was the one thing she could at least guarantee not to spoil .
13 She loved Hyde Park because it was the nearest thing she 'd seen to the country side since she had arrived in the capital .
14 In fact , it was the extra revenue she brought in at the baby end that enabled the charity to open up units for cervical cancer , and fund other research into unappealing but equally vital conditions .
15 She had given the food-mixer a pat ; it was the new object she loved best .
16 It was the first bathroom she had ever had to herself , and sharing with three younger brothers — she had found tadpoles in her toothglass once — had its share of perils .
17 It was the first communication she 'd had with her since the day she left the convent ignominiously and in dire disgrace .
18 In fact , she sounded particularly cheerful ; it was the first morning she had woken up with no trace of sickness , and was cheered at the thought of entering the ‘ blooming ’ phase of pregnancy .
19 It was the first remark she had volunteered all evening .
20 In practice , she learnt to ski ; but it was the first time she had been away from her friends and family , the first time she had been on a plane , the first time she had been abroad , and she was desperately unhappy .
21 It was the first time she had ever warned him off anything private and for a moment he looked puzzled and embarrassed .
22 It was the first time she 'd heard her speak .
23 I was to write about it for Cosmopolitan , she for Trud ; it was the first time she had been outside the Soviet bloc .
24 It was the first time she had ever seen her team eager and willing and fully co-operative , the envy of all her friends .
25 Simon said , and it was the first time she had heard that name .
26 It was the first time she had been so near a man with sweet breath and the scent of success about him .
27 It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy .
28 It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery .
29 It was the first time she 'd ever been on board ship .
30 It was the first time she had been into the city since that awful night of the cockfight back in February .
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