Example sentences of "was [verb] her [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 2 | Her lungs heaving , she fell against a tree , then slowly slid down the trunk to sit at its foot , her arms wrapped tight round her updrawn knees in an effort to hold in the pain and shock that was robbing her of coherent thought . |
| 3 | Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity . |
| 4 | The thing was to keep her as Brown Owl of the 2nd Longreen Pack . |
| 5 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 6 | She looked at him warily to find that he was regarding her with unprecedented tenderness . |
| 7 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 8 | As a result of her prosperity , uncertain though it often appeared , Catalonia began to appear as the model and exemplar of mercantile and industrial civilization , a role that was to bring her into sharp conflict with traditional values and interests . |