Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It claimed that Ms Oruene had failed to show she was treated less favourably than any other candidate and that there was not a shred of evidence to show that it had deviated from normal procedures . |
| 2 | There had been no problem in having Eve brought up as a Catholic , since the Westwards had never wanted to know about her at all , and did n't care what faith she was raised in just as long as they never had to hear her name . |
| 3 | So well had her work progressed at the Lodge , and so greatly — for all the discomfort — had she enjoyed her solitude , that Louisa momentarily tried defiance ; but she was shivering uncontrollably even as she did so . |
| 4 | And she was succeeding as far as Mahmoud was concerned . |
| 5 | I said almost nothing in the letter ; only that I 'd thought about her once or twice , that I had discovered what ‘ the waiting-room ’ meant ; and that she was to write back only if she really wanted to , I 'd quite understand if she did n't . |
| 6 | She was running back home when she turned a corner and met John pushing a handcart full of building materials . |
| 7 | ‘ She was going back here so I came with her . ’ |
| 8 | She was giving up anyway when the baby came , so she might as well go a little early . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She was doing quite nicely when she suddenly developed gas gangrene . |
| 10 | She was saying so forcibly when the telephone interrupted her . |
| 11 | And less than two minutes later she was sleeping as peacefully as the five-year-old child in the bedroom next door . |
| 12 | Her blood seemed to race through her arteries , and she knew that she was breathing more quickly than usual . |