Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having .
2 So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they
3 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 .
4 Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car .
5 And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago .
6 He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off .
7 When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression .
8 He was watching her with a glint of amusement in those remarkable eyes .
9 His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity .
10 With a puzzled lift of her head she found he was watching her with a faraway expression in his eyes .
11 He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle .
12 That curious flicker was in his eyes again ; he was watching her with an intensity that was unnerving .
13 He was watching her like a cat with a mouse .
14 He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness .
15 He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her .
16 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 .
17 He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time .
18 And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph .
19 He was draining her from every angle , mentally , physically and … and sexually .
20 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 .
21 He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead .
22 He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days .
23 It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet .
24 As the abrasive words poured into her ears , he was moving her against an ornamental lacquerwork cabinet of hip height and bending her backwards , a hand dealing with the intricacies of her bustier with a sure skill that bore witness to a wealth of experience with even the most esoteric of feminine garments .
25 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 .
26 Yet now he was praising her to the skies .
27 She felt she had learned nothing about him as a man , that in some secret way he was keeping her at a distance .
28 Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance .
29 He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor .
30 On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish .
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