Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was bouncing her on my knee ’ |
| 2 | I was telling her about our need of somewhere to meet , and she said she would love to help us but that Mr. Olinton would n't hear of it . |
| 3 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 4 | The other day I was telling her about something that had happened , crying as I told the story , and she started crying too . |
| 5 | I was telling her about |
| 6 | So do I and I was just talking to her downstairs and I was asking her like the differences between here and the States , you know the boar cos she was in a boarding school before , and she was saying erm how you know just generally the people are nicer and the blokes talk to you not just because you 're cos they |
| 7 | I was carrying her in my arms out of hospital . |
| 8 | If I 'm caught , I 'll say I was lifting her for myself . ’ |
| 9 | I was treating her like some harem favourite and she was repaying me in kind , except that any harem inmate who behaved with Lotta 's indiscretion would long since have been tied in a sack and dropped in the Bosporus ! ’ |
| 10 | Juliet explained how it had all started , then she found she was telling her about Mrs Maybury and Celia . |
| 11 | One of them was that the nurse , robbed of her pleasure in subduing the hair , turned her savagery more directly on to Harriet and once in a temper broke both of her charge 's thumbs when she was forcing her into a new pair of white kid gloves for Sunday School . |
| 12 | Mrs Brooks ' dog was almost run over recently as she was putting her into the car . |
| 13 | This would take some courage but something inside her was urging her to be honest . |
| 14 | The examination under anaesthesia without consent is inexplicable ( unless it was to punish her for having refused examination when conscious ) . |
| 15 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 16 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 17 | Gradually she came to realize that it was reminding her of her father — her father and the allotment . |
| 18 | ‘ Sabine Jourdain was murdered and it looks as though it was to prevent her from talking . ’ |
| 19 | I imagined it was to occupy her in her loneliness . |
| 20 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 21 | She finished eating , hoping she could elude Roman and get to Dana 's hotel without him , but as soon as she put her cup down he was urging her to her feet . |
| 22 | When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression . |
| 23 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 24 | He was watching her with a glint of amusement in those remarkable eyes . |
| 25 | His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity . |
| 26 | With a puzzled lift of her head she found he was watching her with a faraway expression in his eyes . |
| 27 | It was hard to conceal the sudden rush of nerves she felt when she saw the way he was watching her with that barely hidden amusement . |
| 28 | He was watching her with eyes that blazed , not with passion but with cold satisfaction . |
| 29 | He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle . |
| 30 | That curious flicker was in his eyes again ; he was watching her with an intensity that was unnerving . |