Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Her expression was one of utter distaste , as though she were looking at something a dog had done in the middle of the floor . |
2 | She was looking at him the way his other nanny looked at her budgie . |
3 | She was sad in advance , and yet at the same time all the happier , doubly happy , for knowing that she recognized her happiness , that it was not slipping by her unheeded , for knowing that she was creating for herself a past . |
4 | I mean she does n't does n't see a lot of her erm you know and but she and she was talking to her the other day because she does n't like to get involved or say a lot but |
5 | I fully understood what she was saying to you the day you visited Kinghorn , which is why I almost burst out laughing . ’ |