Example sentences of "she was [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was built to carry dry cargo such as fruit and groceries in crates , aluminium or copper . |
| 2 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 3 | While waiting for a flight she was asked to do some translating at one of the jungle lodges . |
| 4 | She was asked to step next door where she was cursorily examined by a female Indian doctor who offered no opinion . |
| 5 | ‘ She was seen walking this way , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Not that she was destined to get any practice at such a mega-speed , since Downes , at least for the first half of the interview , was to enunciate his words with the slow deliberation of a stupefied zombie . |
| 7 | She was tempted to ignore any suggestion that he made , but the orange flames that flickered in the grate looked invitingly warm , and it was more than she could do to stay away . |
| 8 | Turkish efforts to reverse the verdict between 1787 and 1791 were unavailing and by the Treaty of Jassy she was compelled to acknowledge Russian rule across the northern coast of the Black Sea . |
| 9 | She confirmed that she had resigned because she was expected to work five days a week instead of the three initially agreed . |
| 10 | He held a knife to her throat , sexually assaulted her and dragged her outside to the garden where she was forced to perform obscene acts . |
| 11 | She was found to have total colitis on barium enema study . |
| 12 | Gastroscopy was repeated the following year and she was found to have antral gastritis . |
| 13 | But she was shrewder than Theda had supposed , as she was brought to realise next day . |
| 14 | On one occasion in the early 1880s she was persuaded to address male students at Edinburgh University medical school . |
| 15 | But in 1976 the recruitment market was dire and she was advised to take any job offered . |