Example sentences of "that she [was/were] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer was that she was not taking the carriage far enough past the patterning panel on each row . |
| 2 | As our eyes met in the glass , I realized that she was not admiring the flaking stone blocks opposite but using the window as a mirror . |
| 3 | Her manner said that this was a thing of great indifference to her , but that she was just setting the record straight . |
| 4 | Helen had confessed at lunch that she would sooner have been three behind than three in front — and when news came , after the first 10 holes of the fourth round , that she had fallen one to the rear of the Australian , one had the feeling that she was merely paving the way for a last-minute attack . |
| 5 | But then , as they sat opposite each other in a crowded Darlington bar , Sue suddenly realised that she was about to lose the man she loved . |
| 6 | Lucy looked down and realised that she was still carrying the switchblade . |