Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 2 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 3 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 4 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 5 | She was to collect it from the church house in the morning . ’ |
| 6 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 7 | She never said to whom that fresh statement was made , but it was apparent to the jury that she was saying that she had made a statement contrary to that incriminating one , and she was suggesting that the second statement set out her case as she was putting it in the witness box . |