Example sentences of "she [was/were] [indef pn] [det] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these days she was stepping way out of line , coming on like she had something on him , like she was something more than a two-bit secretary . |
| 2 | She was something more than a housekeeper , more also than a nurse . |
| 3 | His hand was still firm on her shoulder and the contact changed from pleasure to a feeling she was nothing more than a possession . |
| 4 | Implexion was sure she was nothing more than a spoiled and pampered daughter of a rich house , as ill-prepared for privation as it was possible to be . |
| 5 | As far as he was concerned she was nothing more than a time-and-labour-saving device required for the voyage . |
| 6 | Why did she let herself feel so safe with him , when to him she was nothing more than a hot-tempered child with a woman 's body ? |
| 7 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 8 | In her early days as a singer she had encountered those who had wrongly assumed she was nothing more than a beautiful but empty-headed blonde . |