Example sentences of "[noun pl] she [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | For the next two hours she was absorbed in the film , which turned out to be as good as she had hoped . |
2 | Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge . |
3 | And then the silly little girl went and believed the glib tales she was told by the great Australian male , did n't she ? |
4 | For a few seconds she was transfixed by the speed of his action and the total unexpectedness of his assault plus a shocked awareness that she was more mentally revolted by his action than she was physically . |
5 | She was afraid to move ; on all sides she was menaced by the half-open doors of empty rooms . |
6 | She had her backstage duties to attend to , and when she was was n't in front of the footlights she was hunched over the book in the prompt corner . |
7 | As the Welfare Officer drove back through the camp gates she was greeted by the smell of a well-smouldering barbecue and the news that the Greenfinch rounders team had lost heavily in a tournament at RAF AIdergrove . |