Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she passed by , she realized it was the bird that was singing . |
| 2 | I pretended I was the photographer and she pretended she was the writer . |
| 3 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 4 | When she awoke , rubbing at a rather stiff neck , feeling hungry , but better than she expected , she found it was the middle of the morning and sunshine was streaming into every corner of the cottage . |
| 5 | When the doorbell rang shortly before ten o'clock , she assumed it was the postman and answered it ill-prepared for the face that greeted her . |
| 6 | I do n't even know whether anything she told me was the truth . |
| 7 | Four middle-aged women got out of it , and she guessed they were the Women 's Institute members who had been checking the bush walk on behalf of the Institute . |
| 8 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , and in a strange sort of way appeared to be fascinated by her , she sensed it was the kind of reluctant fascination one might feel for an intriguing , but poisonous snake . |
| 9 | She thought it was the squirrel again , but then realised it was something moving jerkily in the hollow of a decayed tree below her and close to the beech . |
| 10 | At first she thought it was the sea , but then she saw it was the pool of tears . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , she thought it was the seaside . ’ |
| 12 | She thought he was the dregs . |
| 13 | She thought I was the man . |
| 14 | as if she knew she was the topic of conversation Blossom turned her head and looked at him . |
| 15 | She knew it was the beginning of the humiliation that would be heaped upon her , and she was determined not to be broken by it . |
| 16 | Well she had this cup for him , there was no handle on it and she knew it was the dog 's so |
| 17 | She knew it was the thing she must n't do , must n't let herself be persuaded into , that it was death , the end , that there was no going back , you could never get back to the same position . |
| 18 | Sunnie smiled but she knew it was the end |
| 19 | This time she understood it was the drawing not the lifting of a veil . |
| 20 | A rider , still out of sight around a bend , came toward her , crashing heavily through the regrowth As soon as he came to the turn , where the path was open to the sky , she saw it was the Master , Lord Watson Wyatt himself . |
| 21 | At first she thought it was the sea , but then she saw it was the pool of tears . |
| 22 | She felt he was the culmination of the African 's search rather than in conflict . |
| 23 | The reason she liked it was the variety and pace of work and the rapport with the teacher . |
| 24 | ‘ She said it was the way Miss Harker looked at her when she thought she was nothing . |
| 25 | ‘ She said it was the lead and I said , ‘ What , Jane ? ’ |
| 26 | That she wanted it was the cocoa butter one and that 's the only one I could find . |
| 27 | She supposed it was the sugar all over the table and floor that had made her mother cross . |
| 28 | She supposed it was the effect of being famous — or having been famous — being wary of your privacy . |