Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] she by " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 2 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 3 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 4 | She knew that John truly believed that he was protecting her by keeping their love secret , but she was becoming frustrated and annoyed about the situation . |
| 5 | He had loved Arianna and she had run away from him , and now he was judging her by what Arianna had done . |