Example sentences of "[adj] she [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I could see that this she were telling me . |
| 2 | ( 40 ) She explained that she had worked as a volunteer in the parish and had felt that in doing this she was sharing his ministry — how ask him to give it up ? |
| 3 | By this she was referring to her perceived poor organisation and her lack of knowledge about other approaches to teaching , learning and assessment . |
| 4 | Despite this she was tempted to flirt with him . |
| 5 | Miss Henrietta 's death had seemed so much more terrible and yet when she ventured to say this she was met with blank looks . |
| 6 | Only her head was free to move by now and this she was tossing from side to side , her eyes rolling in panic , while her fear was further expressed in snorts and whimpers . |
| 7 | This she was required to do from behind a glass screen and , having done so , was immediately ushered out . |
| 8 | In 1972 she was awarded the UN peace medal . |
| 9 | In 1885 she was appointed lecturer in psychology at Westfield College , London . |
| 10 | The redoubtable Ethel must have been shocked when it was made clear she was down-graded to five , the same as Gracie Holt . |
| 11 | It was clear she was waging an internal battle with herself , but finally the actress in her won out , and she tossed her luxuriant hair back contemptuously . |
| 12 | She made it clear she was making hay while the sun shone . |
| 13 | It was clear she was blaming Paula bitterly for the interrupted afternoon and her boss 's drastic change of mood . |
| 14 | Miss Jarman 's rasping voice cut through Jess 's picture of herself as a fairground tumbler and she repeated her story in a flat monotone , conscious of a depressing conviction that the more often she told it , the more tangled she was becoming in this battle that was all about other people 's money and injured pride . |
| 15 | During a fleeting unrestricted period in 1985 she was named co-president of the United Democratic Front , the mainstream anti-apartheid organisation inside South Africa . |
| 16 | Instead , hesitantly , terribly afraid she was doing the wrong thing , she plucked meanings from the firmament . |
| 17 | He was afraid she was becoming corrupted . |
| 18 | She looked away , afraid she was going to break down . |
| 19 | You talk about going and — all I was afraid she was going to do — she was coming on to the road so she would run into me ! |
| 20 | He was afraid she was going off her head , and this made him unreasonably irritable . |
| 21 | Afraid she was going to cry , she whirled round without finishing it , going into the bathroom and slamming the door . |
| 22 | But he was very much afraid she was going to be rather good in Luxembourg — it was a role not unlike that of Countess Maritza . |
| 23 | When Eva was three years old she was taken by train to the city . |
| 24 | In 1876 she was elected to represent Hackney on the London School Board . |
| 25 | Muriel , said Jasper , was leaving No. 45 She was going to begin work . |
| 26 | In 1892 she was appointed vice-consul in Okoyong , presiding over the native court , and later ( 1905 ) vice-president of Ikot Obong native court . |
| 27 | In 1826 she was joined by her sisters-in-law , Sarah and Ann , who had just lost their mother ; the poor relief ‘ Extras ’ list granted them 1s. or 18d. a week for at least the next three years . |
| 28 | Grabbing her case , she marched along the passage to find a bedroom as far away from Guy Sterne 's as possible , and pushed inside it , shutting the door and leaning weakly back against it , suddenly aware of how much she was trembling . |
| 29 | ‘ It is gazpacho andaluz , ’ Ana told her when she murmured how much she was enjoying it . |
| 30 | McAllister thought that when it was cooler , in the early evening , she might walk towards St Paul 's to see the sights there , and was content to sit , her feet on a tapestry-covered tuffet , finishing off her embroidery for the bazaar ; she was astonished to find how much she was looking forward to it . |