Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could conceivably be denied by Kitrina Douglas , the winner of this season 's St Moritz Classic and European Masters , although even if she were to win each of the last four tournaments , she still might not make up the £30,000 deficit on De Lorenzi . |
| 2 | He looked at her and she felt the colour rising in her cheeks at the knowledge that she was breaking one of the first rules of medicine , which was never to make promises you could n't possibly guarantee to keep . |
| 3 | The tug refloated the vessel , towed her to a sheltered anchorage where she was made fit for the tow to Hong Kong , and thereafter towed her for four days to docks in Hong Kong . |
| 4 | She was seated next to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on the head table while Prince Charles was relegated to a side table . |
| 5 | She was wearing one of the Rabbit 's white gloves . |
| 6 | It was while she was reading one of the books they gave her — by a philosopher called Christ — the next day by the lamp-light that she suddenly realized what that gemmed necklace had said . |
| 7 | But recently a lot more interesting projects , such as the University of the Third Age ( address on page 148 ) had got off the ground , and she was enjoying two of the courses being run locally . |
| 8 | As Gwenellen now worked in the Out Patients Department , which closed at 6 P.M. from Mondays to Fridays and at 12.30 on Saturdays , she was enjoying one of the most envied and regular off-duty shifts in the hospital . |
| 9 | She was chatting sixteen to the dozen , entertaining Greenslade even though he was n't there . |
| 10 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 11 | It was a boy 's cycle and she was bent low over the handlebars , weaving in and out of the evening traffic . |
| 12 | But her cause was badly damaged in 1985 , the day before she was to sit next to the Prince of Wales at a dinner in Florida , when it was revealed that she posed as a nude model in magazines and appeared in pornographic films in the late 1960s . |
| 13 | She was pronounced dead at the scene . |
| 14 | She was left alone in the room . |
| 15 | Six weeks ago she was lying crushed under the wheels of a double-decker bus . |
| 16 | His move was swift and unexpected , and before she knew what was happening she was lying full-length on the cushioned seat , with Michele sitting beside her , imprisoning her there . |
| 17 | Before Seb could decide whether he wanted to spend the evening in Melody 's company she was following close behind the gang-boss . |
| 18 | And another cry rang in her ears , or inside her head ; she was feeling dizzy with the cold , and could n't tell which . |
| 19 | But even as she was citing this as the reason , citing it only to herself , she was wondering whether it were true . |
| 20 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 21 | Indeed several attempts were made on her life , until finally one day she was found dead on the rocks , thought to have been killed by gelignite . |
| 22 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 23 | Carol Clark was 32 years old , when she was found dead in the Gloucester to Sharpness canal at Sharpness docks on Sunday . |
| 24 | She was carrying one of the cubs in her mouth . |
| 25 | The owner has seen us and is even more surprised than we are ; after all , she was sunbathing nude by the side of the pool ! |
| 26 | ‘ All I know for certain is that Sabine Jourdain had a row with a man on board the Jonquil before she was taken dead from the water , and that man was Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse . ’ |
| 27 | Yes she was working other in the |
| 28 | Half an hour later she was sitting cross-legged on the floor trying to come to terms with the lengths Jason Prior had gone to blacken her reputation and safeguard his job . |
| 29 | ‘ I think ‘ t was more in the manner of a farewell , ’ Isabel murmured , and then wondered if she was growing light-headed after the events of the night . |