Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I remember rightly , you pointed out forcibly that no man would look the side she was on ever again because cheap women had no hope of anything in the future but of being used . |
| 2 | She must bear in mind she was in control of the pictures in her head . |
| 3 | Every spring she was to be found visiting Fife . |
| 4 | A glint of admiration showed in his eyes , and before she could open her mouth she was in his arms and his mouth was on hers . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've sent men into the palace compound to find out which household she was from . ’ |
| 6 | For a second she was on the point of executing Ace for insubordination . |
| 7 | She ran through the gardens to him , and in a second she was in his arms . |
| 8 | ‘ The plaintiff was en ventre sa mère at the time of her brother 's death , and consequently a person in rerum natura so that both by the rules of the common law and civil law she was to all intents and purposes a child . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't believe you 're in any position to go calling anyone names , ’ she returned , affecting a calmness she was in reality a million miles from feeling . |
| 10 | No wonder she was near demented ! ’ |
| 11 | In this dream she was outside herself , yet watching a person who must be herself strangling an adolescent boy . |
| 12 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 13 | Your so-called Gittel 's not the only one who is n't quite the girl she was in that far-off summertime . ’ |
| 14 | At the time of her second marriage she was in love with Henry Pierce , an attorney 's clerk and associate of her first husband . |
| 15 | After more than fifty-four years of marriage she was by his side when he died at the age of eighty-four , at 21 Frimley Gardens , Mitcham , south London , 4 June 1943 . |
| 16 | In an instant she was on her knees , quenching her thirst with the summer sweetness . |
| 17 | In an instant she was in his arms and he had kissed her , one short , hard kiss , and had pushed her from him , saying , ‘ Go on . |
| 18 | In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible . |
| 19 | I think she 'd become a habit with him , if you know what I mean — and of course she was at the root of the trouble between Silas and me . ’ |
| 20 | For her part she was under extreme pressure , still only in her twenties and supervising up to 160 Girls at any one point . |
| 21 | Helping her to progress from the infant she was to the adult she will become is , I believe , the hardest task of parenting . |
| 22 | In a moment she was beside him and leaning forward , her narrowed eyes poring over the detailed plans , and excitement growing within her . |
| 23 | In another moment she was outside the room , her heart hollow , and the tears pricking at her eyes . |
| 24 | He looked so contrite that for a moment she was in danger of actually believing him , until common sense came to her aid . |
| 25 | The next moment she was in his arms and he had kicked the door shut behind him . |
| 26 | In the article she was at pains to point out why they had to stay out of England until the following April , ‘ not because of tax ’ , she insisted , ‘ but in case either of us drops dead , which would mean the company having to be broken up ’ . |
| 27 | With just a small tug she was off balance and pulled against him . |
| 28 | She was n't a pretty woman , but to Erlich 's eye she was about the best there could be . |
| 29 | He had a picture of her sitting permanently on the edge of a table at Dubal 's swinging one leg and looking out at him from the group she was with . |
| 30 | little practical work , whereas the group she was in you know , it was so many weeks of school but the majority |