Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [prep] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think it was dictated to her by John Wesley . |
| 2 | It was snatched from her by a woman without heart or conscience , a woman driven by greed . |
| 3 | Inside her she felt a power she could never manage to express ; it was trapped inside her like water under the ground and she was the only one with the dowser 's twigs who knew where it lay and could bring it to the surface . |
| 4 | ‘ She knew nothing about any document she was to sign until it was brought to her by her husband . |
| 5 | Even while it was registering on her from the newspapers in his hands that he was no lie-a-bed but was up and had been out for his paper , he was taking in the damp , startled look of her and , feigning surprise himself , ‘ It 's a mermaid ! ’ he declared . |
| 6 | As it was , it was left to her to verbally let him know what she thought of his offer to help her out with her mortgage . |