Example sentences of "[noun] 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 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 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 | All these people were smacking her on the back , and touching her and congratulating her , and expressing surprise and delight . |
| 7 | She backed away , appalled such details should have been passed around so soon , and that people were confronting her with them . |
| 8 | There was no readable expression on her face , but Marjorie felt an unease as she looked at her , as though the woman were watching her through narrowed lids . |
| 9 | The police were driving her around Soweto , wanting her to identify key activists . |
| 10 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |
| 11 | The thorns were cutting her to pieces . |
| 12 | She had guessed Robert and others were manipulating her as a chess piece in a game whose rules and ultimate aim were a mystery . |
| 13 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |