Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was just boiling some water when the door opened and Julius walked in . |
| 2 | She was just clipping jewelled studs into her ears when the tannoy system suddenly burst into life and the strident , adrenalin-boosting words filled the ship . |
| 3 | Not only was she sports captain she was also elected head girl in her final year at school , voted there by the pupils and the staff . |
| 4 | The man looked dangerous , and with just the two of them in this house , with no one around within screaming distance , she was n't taking any chances . |
| 5 | She was so preoccupied with what had happened that she was n't taking any notice of anything as she opened the door and went into her room . |
| 6 | Her tone was one of friendly and candid interest , but she was n't getting many bites , either . |
| 7 | ‘ Rosie was still unable to latch on to the breast properly , and I was quite sure she was n't getting enough milk . ’ |
| 8 | She was n't risking that kind of insanity a second time . |
| 9 | Ivy was the first to reach her walls , unlike little Virginia she was n't having any nonsense from the proud house . |
| 10 | ‘ She was n't showing much dress sense last night , ’ he said over his shoulder to me . |
| 11 | ‘ Your steak 's all right ? ’ he enquired courteously , when at one point he observed that she was n't making much headway with it . |
| 12 | She was n't making any sense . |
| 13 | She was n't making any sense . |
| 14 | She was eventually given two life sentences for murdering her seven-year-old daughter and her four-year-old playmate . |
| 15 | This time the chasm yawned in front of her , and she knew that she might close her eyes for the moment , but she was already taking little steps towards the edge . |
| 16 | Wood experienced the feeling first hand , and judging by the way she crushed the Indonesian No. 2 , Suzanna Kusuma , in the opening match yesterday , she was not taking any chances . |
| 17 | She was not taking any drugs . |
| 18 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 19 | He knew that she was not making much headway with finding the nonce , but in fairness neither was he . |
| 20 | With cool detachment he had explained clearly and in terms that were easy for her to grasp how the various items of equipment worked , only lapsing into irritation or sarcasm when he thought she was not making enough effort . |
| 21 | She was not laughing ten minutes later when , just as she had sent Jimmy on an errand , the phone rang and she answered it . |
| 22 | She was visibly having second thoughts about the whole project . |
| 23 | Deborah Gould was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when she smashed into a car which swerved into her path as she was out driving last month . |
| 24 | In view of Alain 's remarks on the subject she felt quite honoured , even though she was only given small tasks . |
| 25 | She prayed steadily , all those seventeen years , for guidance , for confirmation that she was still fulfilling divine purpose , and was only interrupted at last by her mother 's voice , demanding in a querulous letter that Isobel should come home and nurse her while she died — as she had been told she soon would — of cancer . |
| 26 | She was still wearing muddy breeches , black socks and Merlin s polo shirt . |
| 27 | And , while she was still digesting that piece of information , he added , ‘ And I can think of dozens of things I 'd like to do , beginning with a kiss and ending — ’ He broke off and gave a faint grin . |
| 28 | She was still going full pelt when Parkwood came into view . |
| 29 | For another — here was she with no experience whatsoever of professional interviewing techniques — not even a rank amateur , in fact — yet she was about to pretend that interviewing was second nature to her . |
| 30 | She was about to report this piece of good news when fitzAlan took the ale jug from her , and , before she could protest , tilted it to his lips for a healthy swig . |