Example sentences of "[coord] she [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 2 | No person in a position of power was ever to be trusted , especially if he or she was on your side . |
| 3 | Either it was passionate lust , or she was considering pouring her Perrier full of ice cubes down the front of his trousers . |
| 4 | Having observed his or her own former situation by means of regression , the patent will then during the course of a counselling session have the opportunity to discuss what happened ( something that may never have been done before ) , to express anger at the perpetrator and possibly at others who may have guessed what was going on but perhaps did nothing to prevent it , and to understand that he or she was in no way to blame for what occurred . |
| 5 | Furthermore , while these " blankouts " may distress other people , the primary sufferer may find them confusing but may go so far in denial as to accuse other people of having faulty memory for the things said or done while he or she was in a " blankout " . |
| 6 | It is also helpful to know that he or she was by no means alone and that many others suffered in the same way . |
| 7 | It would be difficult for 'er to get back'ards and for'ards , and she were on her own all the time . |
| 8 | And she were on her about and sailors and what have you and I thought , aye , I 'll know where you 'll end up lady and she has . |
| 9 | And she were in that bedroom with us , the there were t there were dad , me , Barbara and Angela . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal held that she had acquired something by mistake and she was under a duty to make restoration . |
| 11 | Samson yowled , let go , and she was over the back of the counter crouching down , pushing and wriggling through stinking legs and skirts that reeked of an unwashed lifetime . |
| 12 | When Corkill , of Darlington , Co Durham , was stopped by police , the boy was in her car and she was over the drink-drive limit , Teesside magistrates heard . |
| 13 | Constance promised that she would , but she was so afraid of the outcome that she knew she could n't , not until she and Ludovico had been married and she was beyond her mother 's power . |
| 14 | Maggie was glad of it ; her legs felt like jelly and she was beyond worrying if Mitch could see the tears starting to her cheeks . |
| 15 | And now she knew that Uncle Knacker did n't know any more than she did , and she was on her own because her parents could n't afford expensive lessons or a top-class pony . |
| 16 | The pistol was still in the bucket , covered with muck and mess , and she was on her way to put it under the tap . |
| 17 | We had a lady pass away not very long ago and she was on my unit . |
| 18 | A viewer with the same problem wrote to me , saying her doctor refused to give her any more and she was on the point of suicide . |
| 19 | Either something had happened to her or those two fivers had gone to her head and she was on a day-long spree . |
| 20 | A few reassurances later and she was on her way to do battle at the bridge table . |
| 21 | continental equivalent and she was on them . |
| 22 | Oliver had gone to a shop and she was on her own . |
| 23 | ‘ Answer me , ’ he thundered , and she shivered ; her pleasant , familiar room had become a battlefield , and she was on the losing side . |
| 24 | He 'd laid a trap for her and she was on the verge of plunging headlong into it . |
| 25 | And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo . |
| 26 | Any ideas on that score swiftly evaporated , however , when his glance suddenly shot to hers , and she was on the receiving end of his piercing eyes as , ‘ According to this , you should have been here last Friday ! ’ he charged . |
| 27 | And she was on the beanbag . |
| 28 | Cos we 're having , not problems , but at school it really it 's unfortunate because she was put in a third year , and she 's only a third year now and she was on a third year class last year . |
| 29 | Yo do you there was one very bonny lass and she was on the er , they , they had erm composite programme the other the other week and she was on that again . |
| 30 | Yo do you there was one very bonny lass and she was on the er , they , they had erm composite programme the other the other week and she was on that again . |