Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] she in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 2 | She had charm , a way of making you feel that you were joining her in some harmless conspiracy . |
| 3 | And then when they were taking her in the ambulance , the nerves , I was sitting fucking laughing |
| 4 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 5 | To her horror Benny realised that there were tears pouring down her face , and that a small circle of people were watching her in concern . |
| 6 | Presumably he believed that though his wife might join in a little family intrigue against him , she would not want to carry her opposition to the point of war — particularly if that were to involve her in an alliance with her ex-husband . |
| 7 | She stopped and looked at the other three who were scrutinising her in amused silence . |
| 8 | Three men who were visiting her in the flat were also attacked and beaten . |
| 9 | Going out with a man who , according to Dawn , was using her in order to achieve his own ends . |
| 10 | To Sophie , the atmosphere of the zoo was absorbing , but what pleased her most was the way in which Robert was including her in what he had to do . |
| 11 | Mutinously she flicked her gaze back to where he was surveying her in stony silence . |
| 12 | She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court . |
| 13 | As he spoke , he had already turned abruptly on his heel and was leading her in swift strides across the wide hallway . |
| 14 | He must n't touch her or she would shatter to pieces , fall on him and ask him why he was ignoring her in favour of her sister . |
| 15 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 16 | He was holding her in his arms for warmth . |
| 17 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 18 | It was that which was cutting her in two as she dangled from it . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you … ? ’ she began , but she did n't want to believe what was staring her in the face . |
| 20 | Niall Grant was the most disturbingly sexually arousing man she had ever met , and his nearness was affecting her in a way she had n't dreamed possible . |
| 21 | He was involving her in something that was tugging at his conscience . |
| 22 | I was carrying her in my arms out of hospital . |
| 23 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 24 | His answer was to take her in his arms and press her close to him . |
| 25 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
| 26 | I imagined it was to occupy her in her loneliness . |