Example sentences of "she [vb past] it was the [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition .
2	And she believed it was the same with him .
3	Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model .
4	For a moment she was confused ; she thought it was the thin man , and she could n't work out how he 'd got behind them .
5	I told Diana [ Vreeland ] and she thought it was the chicest thing she ever heard .
6	There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry .
7	Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do .
8	She really wanted to know ; though it would be painful , she knew it was the only way .
9	No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head !
10	Although they were looking at the clump of bushes from a different angle now , she knew it was the same clump they had seen from the gate .
11	She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration .
12	Wherever she went it was the same story .
13	She said it was the best one she 'd ever done .
14	I do n't know whether she had any more , she said she hoped it was the last and I should think she did , thirteen children to look after .

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