Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 2 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 3 | Why should she feel like this : as if she were engaged in something illegal ? |
| 4 | She was reaching for her quick release handle as a solid wall of water struck her sideways on , tumbling her into the rigging of the ‘ chute , and pulling the air line from her mouth . |
| 5 | She was drowning in her own juices as they soaked the sheet . |
| 6 | It was a chilling thought that the very circumstances she was using for her own purpose accorded only too well with the Empress 's schemes . |
| 7 | Was he being paranoid to imagine that she was looking at her fellow switchboard operators , rolling her eyes , one hand over the receiver , saying , ‘ It 's him ! |
| 8 | One day when she was looking at her pretty face in the mirror , she thought of another date , even more important — her own death . |
| 9 | She was looking for something memorable , probably for the first time in two years , and he did n't want to deny her that . |
| 10 | While she was looking for her other shoe , I stuffed my feet into trainers — no socks — and pulled on my Steel Wheels Tour sweatshirt . |
| 11 | She was lost in her own delirium and clawed him unmercifully as she rode the mad race . |
| 12 | She was speaking to us both . |
| 13 | She dreamt that she was searching for something glorious : it could have been money , it could have been love , she did not know . |
| 14 | ‘ Because I told her we were lovers and you were expecting me , and you have too much compassion in your make-up to get the girl reprimanded when she believed she was acting in your best interests , min søde Gina . ’ |
| 15 | Instead of thinking of Nicolo less often , she was thinking of him more and more . |
| 16 | And she was thinking of her lost shilling . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , but one starts training housemaids and cooks at twelve and thirteen , ’ said Miss Mates gently , but at the same time she was thinking of her own problems in finding and keeping satisfactory girls , and Miss McAllister looked both strong and willing . |
| 18 | She looked a picture of health as she was cuddled by her relieved mum Michelle and dad David . |
| 19 | By this she was referring to her perceived poor organisation and her lack of knowledge about other approaches to teaching , learning and assessment . |
| 20 | Her erratic gaze paused briefly on the broken nail she was picking with her other hand . |
| 21 | She was to lie with her own father . |
| 22 | She was said to be the most handicapped person in Britain at that time , since , due to a rare muscular disease , she was paralysed throughout her whole body except in her big toe . |
| 23 | As far as I know she was living on her own with this little old boy . |
| 24 | Again she was struck by his good looks and his relaxed , easy manner . |
| 25 | Care was taken to stamp out the fire , and as Lucy watched Silas at work she was struck by his meticulous attention to detail . |
| 26 | She was shivering in her dark fur coat . |
| 27 | They climbed on the furniture , threw toys around , never did as they were told , and Mary felt that she was screaming at them all day to be quiet and leave her alone . |
| 28 | What about the way Miss dresses , do you remember that blue dress she was wearing with them pink and green tartan tights . |
| 29 | Those in the front stalls , and in particular the press , could make out that she was wearing beneath her multi-coloured top layer a flesh-tinted body stocking . |
| 30 | When she reached her ambition , Hollywood , over-zealous publicity backfired on her : she was pushed into her own swimming pool by a sensation-seeking photographer along with her husband , Dennis Hamilton , who had vowed to make her ‘ the female Errol Flynn ’ . |