Example sentences of "she was [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was probably the only person who ever got the better of Flynn in a fight . |
| 2 | She was probably the only thing alive in it . |
| 3 | It was no comfort at all to know she was probably the only female in existence who did n't thrill to its rich , deep tones , who was left completely unmoved by its huskily sensual undertones . |
| 4 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
| 5 | She was also the tutelary deity of music and love , usually depicted with a drum or rattle . |
| 6 | Yes , she was also the only woman since Freddie and the Dreamers had a hit who still drank port and lemon . |
| 7 | Despite being caught up in an almost mystical trance , Laura had not entirely forgotten that she was n't the only person swimming in the ocean . |
| 8 | She watched as he stretched out his towel alongside her , and it did n't escape her that she was n't the only female on the beach who found him attractive . |
| 9 | Hilda Ogden was taking notes — but she was n't the real key |
| 10 | And no doubt she was n't the first woman to realise that . |
| 11 | She giggled suddenly and took another swig from the bottle , carelessly wiping away the champagne that trickled down the sides of her mouth with the back of her hand , in a gesture that proved to this man she was n't the least bit impressed or intimidated by his overbearing attitude . |
| 12 | So she was n't the sole occupant after all , she thought , amused . |
| 13 | I 'd been right , she was n't the inquisitive type . |
| 14 | For all her efficiency , her intelligence , her appropriate education , she was n't the right person for the job . |
| 15 | She was n't the usual gouger element type . |
| 16 | But perhaps with her looks she was n't the domesticated sort . |
| 17 | Margaret knew she was n't the easiest person to live with , she knew she had her mad days , but Dorothy tolerated , accepted , got on with her career . |
| 18 | She was n't the spontaneous kind of person who would just up and leave . |
| 19 | and I said well she was n't the last time I saw her |
| 20 | She was n't the big boss here . |
| 21 | You want snuggling , I got snuggling , she fumed , knowing for sure that she was n't the clinging type but , with some devil on her back , this way seeming to be the only way she could cope with being ‘ engaged ’ . |
| 22 | In that marriage she was easily the dominant partner and Joe let her be partly because it is n't in his nature to be pushy or dominant but mainly due to the fact his father bullied his mother , as we are told and he is afraid of him doing this as well and so fails to protect Pip and tolerates Mrs Joe 's dominant character . |
| 23 | I do not know whether she had a heart or a soul or whether she could be moved by emotion ; she was simply the Grand Mistress ! |
| 24 | I left her because I discovered she was not the pure country girl I thought . |
| 25 | She was not the worrying kind , any more than Harold was . |
| 26 | She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . |
| 27 | She enjoyed having tea at the Vicarage , though she was not the only visitor . |
| 28 | She was a loving mother , tall and thin and delighted at the social success of ‘ Captain ’ Masters , the polite way the bank manager doffed his hat to her , and that she was not the only mother who was sending her son to Oxford . |
| 29 | All the eligible mature men were married already , and it would not be fitting to contract her in a match where she was not the senior wife . |
| 30 | She was not the dependent type and if she had to go it alone then so be it . |