Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |
| 2 | The black cat was eyeing her from upstairs . |
| 3 | I think my plan was to make her like me less . |
| 4 | The girl was studying her as if she was an amusing spectacle and Jenna assumed that she was . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
| 11 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 12 | His constant invasion of her privacy was driving her to distraction . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She dried her eyes presently because she realized that the Magistrate was watching her from not far away . |
| 16 | Oswin was watching her with expressionless eyes . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 19 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 20 | His kiss was betraying her into feelings she would have rather have held back . |
| 21 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 22 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 23 | The nymph swayed dangerously now Finn was controlling her from above . |
| 24 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
| 25 | Lucy 's voice was calling her from outside on the landing . |
| 26 | Her inner caution was warning her against this feeling , but was finding it hard to get through to her . |
| 27 | Recalling his reaction after she 'd bumped into David Law , she felt sure that at least part of the reason was to have her under his eye . |
| 28 | The thing was to keep her as Brown Owl of the 2nd Longreen Pack . |
| 29 | It seemed like only moments after Shiona had fallen asleep that the light snapped on in the compartment and a strong hand was dragging her from her bunk . |
| 30 | It was as if the bombing was draining her of all feeling , leaving her so spent that all she wanted to do was to close her eyes and not open them again until it was all over . |