Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dark eyes were raking her from head to toe , appraising her — from the long , tousled russet hair to the bare feet protruding from beneath the hem of her wrap . |
| 2 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
| 3 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
| 4 | Rebecca was accusing her of starting the fire , and he was doing nothing to dispute the idea . |
| 5 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |
| 6 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
| 7 | The black cat was eyeing her from upstairs . |
| 8 | I think my plan was to make her like me less . |
| 9 | The girl was studying her as if she was an amusing spectacle and Jenna assumed that she was . |
| 10 | As for the name , Sam wanted her to be called the Martha and Harry the Bridget , and the only way they could resolve the question was to name her after their favourite place of refreshment , instead . |
| 11 | Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel . |
| 12 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 13 | Helen was driving her to suicide , I could see that . |
| 14 | She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again . |
| 15 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 16 | MUM-TO-BE Lynne Adams , 36 , gave birth to a girl on the M5 yesterday as husband Phil was driving her to hospital in Taunton , Somerset . |
| 17 | Her collarbone was ambushing her with surprise guerrilla raids of searing pain while her head was screaming revenge for the ordeals it had undergone during the past twelve hours . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But Michele was urging her down the steps , and the gondolier had reached up to assist her into the gently rocking craft . |
| 22 | Becoming aware that Michele was studying her as if tuning into her thoughts , she hurriedly indicated the colourful pageant moving against the magnificent backdrop of St Mark 's and the clock tower , and said , ‘ It 's wonderful , is n't it ? ’ |
| 23 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 24 | Erika was not too sure about the girl in Pankow , half suspecting that Fräulein Silber was using her as a means of putting pressure on herself . |
| 25 | His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction . |
| 26 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 27 | Presumably Billykins was telling her about Donald the Gourmet Cook , Donald the Great Fighter for Social Change , Donald the Novelist . |
| 28 | FitzAlan was holding her as if he would make her part of himself , as if he could not bear to be separate from her . |
| 29 | 381 , 384 ‘ There is no doubt that at common law if a wife chooses wilfully and without justification to live away from her husband she can not , so long as she continues absent , render him liable for the necessaries supplied to her , or for her maintenance by the union , for the reason that she has of her own free will deprived herself of the opportunity which the husband was affording her of being maintained in the home . |
| 30 | Guy Sterne was eyeing her with amused curiosity . |