Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] she was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 2 | Anne knew that she was the only live person in the carriage . |
| 3 | And Elizabeth knew that I knew all about her , and she also knew that she was the only person I 'd ever written to for a photograph . |
| 4 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 5 | When she looked at him through her veil her fears vanished and she thought that she was the luckiest girl in the world . |
| 6 | When you spoke of this eagle I knew whom you meant for she was the last of our kind who carried wisdom in her wings . |