Example sentences of "and she was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says other prisoners used to chant ’ Baroness , ’ but eventually they accepted her and she was know as the Duchess . |
| 2 | When war was first declared , and she was co-opted into the military , he imagined that her first reaction had been that it was typical of these men to mess up her promising career like that . |
| 3 | Other hands grabbed her , and she was dragged towards the crucifix . |
| 4 | Her name was Clasina Maria Hoornik and she was born at The Hague in February , 1850 . |
| 5 | You 'd need a few more clues to establish her Oxford connections … but in fact she was a student here at Somerville College , winning a first class degree … and she was born in the city , here at Brewer Street . |
| 6 | All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it . |
| 7 | The trap door above her head opened suddenly , and she was blinded by the daylight . |
| 8 | And she was toying with the idea whether to go and do her midwifery cos that 's what she wanted to do |
| 9 | Then her shoulder was in a fierce grip and she was spun into the room . |
| 10 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 11 | She was kneeling on the steps next to the old iron railings that ran along the front of the terrace , her arms supporting the naked body of her little boy , and she was trembling with the effort of holding him still . |
| 12 | Leaning over the glass counter of his booth , the young man in charge was deep in conversation with an elderly gentleman draped with cameras , and she was gazing into the face of quite a different person . |
| 13 | Rourke was watching her , and she was disturbed by the uncanny perception lurking in the blue gaze . |
| 14 | His grip firmed on her shoulders , and she was shaken by the feeling of warm strength that seemed to pour into her as he lowered his head to kiss her again . |
| 15 | That night Miss T. 's condition deteriorated and she was transferred to the intensive care unit . |
| 16 | One of the men had a key and she was moved from the car into an empty , damp and very cold house . ’ |
| 17 | Priscilla Savage remembers her mother telling her that she was placed down in the shade between two bundles of corn in an angle of the harvest field , and she was fed during the brief intervals her mother won from the gavelling . |
| 18 | These swims were mainly in municipal baths , and she was supported by the community singing of the hundreds of people who came to see her perform . |
| 19 | It was a young female golden eagle , and she was going for the carrion he had left . |
| 20 | This discussion led to her becoming tearful and she was encouraged by the therapist to allow full expression of her distress . |
| 21 | As Sara dialled the Kensington number of her stepfather 's house , she had a vision of the hall where the telephone table was , and she was invaded with the old feeling of inadequacy . |
| 22 | And she was left with the shattered remains of all that she had found dear in her life , and two extraordinarily sheepish-looking men . |
| 23 | A constable was at the door to regulate the stream of people going into the chapel , and she was directed to the eastern gallery . |
| 24 | The moon was at her feet and she was clothed by the sun and so she waited . |
| 25 | She 'll come about , that was about five years ago and and she was talking about the schock and half , half the panel er da did n't even know , they could n't even spell it . |
| 26 | All day this shadow grew in her mind and by the time school was over and she was running along the railway line , it seemed to be running behind her like some dark , winged creature . |
| 27 | She had not the least idea what was going on , and she was smiling into the night in enquiry and wonder , her brows arched halfway to laughter , her lips parted in a whimsical welcome to whatever might be pending . |
| 28 | Diktynna 's name links her with Mount Dikte , and she was portrayed in the classical period as a mountain mother . |
| 29 | It was the first time she had travelled beyond Europe and she was captivated by the beautiful city and continually remarked upon the quality of the light and the gentle colours which bathed the buildings . |
| 30 | and she 'd got a table in front of her and she was sitting on the settee and the table in front of her and this new jigsaw , over a hundred pieces in it and there she was lady |