Example sentences of "[verb] she [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do know she was the subtlest of nags . |
| 2 | Rachel was usually the last to arrive , but tonight Annie found she was the last . |
| 3 | They say she was no more than a skeleton . |
| 4 | He say she was a fantasic person , with time for everyone . |
| 5 | She reached over and turned out the light , sick with disappointment to find she was no wiser about her identity than the night before . |
| 6 | Mrs Ferrari employed Withers after she 'd been recruited by a child minding agency by pretending she was a qualified maternity nurse . |
| 7 | She did n't need to ask ; there was an aura about Dana that made Claudia feel she was a grey shadow of her twin . |
| 8 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |
| 9 | She did think she was a little bit better than everyone else . |
| 10 | Anybody would think she was a promiscuous little tart , the way her family reproached her for her single status … |
| 11 | because I did n't think she was the right one for him , I would n't have picked her I 'd 've picked somebody else |
| 12 | Then , deciding she was no political , just another stroppy trucker , they 'd handed her over to the locals , which was a big relief . |
| 13 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 14 | Her face was pleasingly flushed from hurrying , but now she walked with her head held high , taking slow , dignified steps so that no one would have thought she was a domestic servant . |
| 15 | I know she was a wild spirit , but — ’ |
| 16 | She used to be an old singer , I do n't know any of her songs , but I just know she was an old singer . |
| 17 | She discovered she was a split second too late in making a hurried scramble to get off the bed , because , in the next instant , Naylor was there with her , pinning her down with his body . |
| 18 | She knew it did n't make any sense , not after she had spent most of the day wishing she were a thousand miles away from Julius , but she suddenly felt rather desperately in need of human company — even Julius 's . |
| 19 | Other girls graduated from the PZ high schools and got Senior Proms , but she had known she was a grown-up woman the day she ripped Bruno 's rotten throat out for him . |
| 20 | Neverthless the Republicans decided she was a dangerous , radical feminist , even though as she travelled round the country with him Mrs Clinton showed she could stand by her man as effectively as any woman . |
| 21 | That 's why I keep saying she was a good mother . |
| 22 | yeah that 's right but I mean what can you do I mean she was an Russian was a |
| 23 | Then , she dreamed she was the Great Crocodile in the Moon . |
| 24 | We all knew it would be disastrous ; we foretold that her husband would walk out , that her other children would suffer : we saw she was the only one of the family unit who could n't bear not to see the fruit of her womb , however sour , ripen , drop and live . |
| 25 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 26 | Dot felt she was an unwanted item of luggage being sent away . |
| 27 | My Mrs Hewitt from the Lake District was so nice and I felt she was an old friend , but we wanted to talk about our Christmas shopping , not books . |
| 28 | ‘ They 'd need one nostril up the fox 's arse today , ’ Nora heard a farmer say to the whipper-in , not knowing she was the other side of the hedge . |
| 29 | And she kissed me , and called me her dear Blanche , and said I knew she was a good girl , and very strong , and not foolish . |
| 30 | The sergeant knew she was a tough woman and had few weaknesses . |