Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] she [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vera Shroff , a mathematics student , found that tutoring brought back the fun of a subject she was having some teething troubles in coping with at university level . |
| 2 | A woman should know what sort of a man she was starting to fall in love with . |
| 3 | She even knew of a cleaner she was sure would be able and willing . |
| 4 | He — it was a man — could tell you what sort of a state she was in — oh lord , that sounds like something I do n't mean . |
| 5 | When the mother complained of a headache she was given an overdose of anti-depressants and tranquillisers which caused her to lapse into unconsciousness . |
| 6 | In spite of her bone-weariness , all of a sudden she was facing him squarely , for she was the same height and if anything , more strongly built . |
| 7 | All of a sudden she was aware of an intensity in the atmosphere , as if the air between them itself became charged . |
| 8 | By the end of a week she was little more than a living skeleton : her hand lay all day long in Jennifer 's , and from time to time she would open her eyes , staring pathetically up , with a mute pleading in her expression that no words of comfort or whispered prayers could dispel . |
| 9 | He was all soft and scummy inside , and greenish , like his eyes , and she stood up and pulled the two halves of his torn torso together like a shirt she was going to button up so she should not see the spilling of his innards . |
| 10 | Running through her mind , like a tape she was unable to switch off , was the newspaper story that Peter Sebastian was thought to have an American fiancée and would probably by staying in the States . |
| 11 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 12 | For a second she was on the point of executing Ace for insubordination . |
| 13 | I thought for a second she was smoking so I avoided her and I do n't think she noticed me. when I came out , there was Shelima 's science book in a wash-basin smouldering away . |
| 14 | For a second she was puzzled by the change of tack , then smiled , wrinkling her nose . |
| 15 | For a second she was caught between pleasure and pain . |
| 16 | For a few minutes she explained the system on which the cards were arranged , then let him try to select some for a bibliography she was compiling on nutrition in underdeveloped countries . |
| 17 | While I 'm digging that garden she used to go out roll in the trench what I 'd dug and soon as I went in for a drink she was in there before me ! |
| 18 | Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ? |
| 19 | ‘ Sorry , no , ’ Ellie said dismissively , and if Phena thought she was also coming in for a chat she was mistaken . |
| 20 | For a while she was content to float and slowly tumble in space admiring the view of the Earth below her — or was it above her ? |
| 21 | She moves restlessly back and forth between living-room and kitchen , feeding the cats , picking up children 's boots , looking for a letter she was writing . |
| 22 | for a moment she was very quiet , staring over his head , and her throat moved as she swallowed hard . |
| 23 | He closed his mouth down around hers , and for a moment she was too stunned to react . |
| 24 | For a moment she was rigid but then he felt her whole body suddenly relax . |
| 25 | For a moment she was speechless , then she fairly spat out : |
| 26 | The shock of his words had so drained what little strength she had that for a moment she was powerless to take even one step . |
| 27 | For a moment she was silent , staring at the sheen of night on the crinkled sea , then she smiled . |
| 28 | She felt so close to him as she retraced the steps of her childhood and young adult life , that for a moment she was overcome by pain . |
| 29 | For a moment she was confused ; she thought it was the thin man , and she could n't work out how he 'd got behind them . |
| 30 | He lifted the soiled nightdress up over her unresisting shoulders and head , and for a moment she was naked , bursting breasts , strangely risen navel , arms and legs fragile and ineffectual beside the central weight . |