Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 2 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 3 | She was irritated with herself for thinking like a spy , for slipping into Urquhart 's world of suspicion and conspiracy , and as she became more irritated with herself , she became sharp with her companion . |
| 4 | She was irritated with herself for feeling nervous . |
| 5 | She was muttering to herself about it crossly , and nearly cannoned into Travis , who had stopped in his tracks at the sounds issuing from behind him . |
| 6 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 7 | She was fighting with herself about whether to draw nearer to him , despite the danger of that , and see if he was all right , when he spoke again . |
| 8 | Tracy , of Derwent Street , Darlington , yesterday recovering from her ordeal , said she was walking by herself to the video shop when she heard the car racing up the alley . |