Example sentences of "she [vb past] [be] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , curiously giving her inordinate pleasure , ‘ I 'm in no great hurry , ’ he replied , with what she realised was a natural charm . |
| 2 | She wanted harshness , remote ritual , a difficult kind of virtue ; what she got was an upholstered smile and an approach like a cosy London policeman 's to a well-bred drunk on Boat Race night . |
| 3 | She tried the Moebius Strip , but all she got was an answering routine . |
| 4 | She went through his pockets but all she found was a spare clip for the FN FAL . |
| 5 | In the 1920s , she 'd been a great beauty and a sharp dresser . |
| 6 | Dear God , she was nothing but skin and bone , and she 'd been a tiny slip of a thing to start with . |
| 7 | In real life she 'd been a poor shepherdess who lived in a dungeon and had asthma . |
| 8 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 9 | She 'd even felt the odd pang of nostalgia for the old days when she 'd been a young wet-behind-the-ears singer , just beginning to make her way up the ladder . |
| 10 | On the few occasions she 'd spent holidays at home she 'd been a social outcast among her contemporaries . |
| 11 | It was n't IMP 's fault , or hers , that he had started at Jerez in third position , but she 'd been a convenient whipping-boy for his suspicions . |
| 12 | ‘ Ah , well , she had something special to do this morning , ’ Maggie said in what she imagined was a soothing voice , well aware that once again she was keeping a secret from Mitch . |
| 13 | In what she acknowledged was a difficult year for the Scottish party , Mrs McGuire admitted the party had yet to fully come to terms with the election defeat last April . |
| 14 | She expressed being a sensitive person who needed company ( she always had the radio on ) , she was n't thirsty and she liked the heating on but had to have windows open . |
| 15 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 16 | A broker advised Mrs Harris to take what she thought was a short term loan secured on the house . |
| 17 | We go to Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire now and Mrs Jennifer 's written to us er with a puzzle because she 's found what she thought was an interesting plant growing amongst a raspberry bush in her garden . |
| 18 | Carrie lifted her head and looked at him , and what she saw was a young boy , the same young boy she had known when she lived in the cottage . |
| 19 | What she saw was a ruddy face not associated with the effects of the sun , but it was still difficult to know whether to be flattered or annoyed . |
| 20 | Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY ! |
| 21 | All she saw was a rippling edge of pallor , but she felt the barrier as a solid ridge barricading the path . |
| 22 | But all she felt was a strange emptiness . |
| 23 | But behind everything she did was a raw power that emphasised she was her own woman . |
| 24 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 25 | In any case , even if she had been a skilled charmer it was not possible to allure somebody who slashed back at you like a master swordsman and drove the point in . |
| 26 | If she had been a religious person she would have put it down to retribution for her sins , but she had lost whatever faith she had had in her years as the Madam of Dublin 's most fashionable brothel . |
| 27 | She had been a battered baby , grew up in a succession of foster homes , and then married a man who regularly beat her up . |
| 28 | He held her against him , nursing her as though she had been a small child , while looking down into her face . |
| 29 | ‘ Gross exaggeration , ’ Fabia laughed , but could n't deny that she had been a great fan of the Czech composers , and still was . |
| 30 | ‘ She had been a lifelong friend of the Abrams , ’ Mr Burke said . |