Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] she [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost as if someone were keeping her away from trouble . |
| 2 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 3 | ‘ She said she thought Dick and Joy had forgotten they were to pick her up , so she set off to catch the bus . ’ |
| 4 | I looked round to find Karen standing in the centre of a group of businessmen who were eyeing her up and down in a blatantly sexual way . |
| 5 | The feeling bound her to the household , just as her own actions now bound her to the nigger , and the two things were tied together yet so opposite they were pulling her apart . |
| 6 | Now they were kicking her out ! |
| 7 | But like , wi with the door Dave 's mum 's sister was rubbing it in to try and say to his nan that we were kicking her out and so she got a bit funny over it ! |
| 8 | Because the memories plaguing her were sending her quietly crazy , and it had only been a week since she had been out of his company . |
| 9 | I felt as though I were seducing her all over again . |
| 10 | But at that minute , having allowed them free rein , guilt and self-condemnation were riding her hard . |
| 11 | She should be married to Charlie now , and safely pregnant at Lady Mead with Nanny , and if Charlie were to phone her tonight and ask her to marry him tomorrow she would cry , ‘ Darling ! |
| 12 | Because so many parents were asking her how they could help their children with reading , teacher and mother of three Barbara Geere wrote Seven Ways to Help Your Child With Reading ( Seven Ways Series , £1.95 ) , which sets out simply how to make a start , build up your child 's confidence , make reading fun ( with plenty of learning games to make or buy ) and , at the end , how to form letters . |
| 13 | The ghost of Mrs Tiller would loom above them telling them they were letting her down . |
| 14 | She could see , as plain as the nose on her face , that here was a man of the self-centred , philandering , dangerous variety , the kind of man no girl in her right mind would risk getting involved with … so how come her hormones were letting her down in this maddening way ? |
| 15 | Did you notice when you were badgering her how she got interested in remembering Pempie and then could leave the room ? |
| 16 | She paused , feeling a shiver work its way down her spine as she met the black eyes that were regarding her so closely now . |
| 17 | Even if he was joking — and yes , of course , he had to be — the proximity of his hard , lean figure and the elusive masculine aroma of his cologne were affecting her already dazed , confused senses in a thoroughly disastrous manner . |
| 18 | Indeed , if Diana were to ring her tomorrow and ask for her help she would give it willingly and warmly . |
| 19 | Those wicked dark eyes of his were lifting her up into another planet . |
| 20 | If he were to assault her now , hurt her and rape her , there would be no redress . |
| 21 | Mrs Bracken 's varicose veins were playing her up and the doctor had told her to rest for a week . |
| 22 | But , horror or horrors , ‘ As we were carrying her in , we noticed this awful peanut-like smell . |
| 23 | Ivy , however , did not like friends dying ; it made her angry if she felt they were leaving her too soon . |
| 24 | They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time . |
| 25 | They were boys of fifteen or sixteen and they were watching her keenly from a position by the railings at the far corner of the church . |
| 26 | Tessa and Mrs. Mounce , he knew , were watching her out of the corner of their eyes too , as silent and overawed as he was himself . |
| 27 | He told her his instructions were to take her wherever she wanted to go , but nothing else . |
| 28 | The boss said you were to take her out for as long as you wanted , sir . |
| 29 | ‘ Is this why you were following her around ? |
| 30 | She was easing her back with her hands , happy with the shoes near to completion , when young Will returned . |