Example sentences of "[vb past] she [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliet explained how it had all started , then she found she was telling her about Mrs Maybury and Celia . |
| 2 | ‘ You see , Granny , ’ David went on , as it seemed she was expecting him to explain , ‘ Juliet was born at Thorn House , twenty years ago , on the same day as Donna , and she 's — oh — ! ’ |
| 3 | The doctor had misread the message and clearly imagined she was wearing it to entice . |
| 4 | She was still pondering this , as well as thinking about Faye Hamilton and the long difficult journey through pregnancy that lay ahead , when she became aware that Dr Russell was laughing to himself — just a quiet chuckle at first , but as he realised she was watching him and saw her bemused expression the sound grew to a full-throated and resonant guffaw . |
| 5 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 6 | As she looked at the vast and busy canvas , Miss Hatherby sensed she was finding it difficult to take in and said , ‘ You know Constance , you can not look at a painting with the same eyes as you stare down Chollerton High Street . |
| 7 | Yeah when Joyce went she were learning them to bake she says |
| 8 | He glanced up , and she instantly felt she was losing him again . |
| 9 | His excitement meant nothing to her ; she felt she was covering him with a pall of ash . |
| 10 | He knew she was watching him very keenly . |
| 11 | And she knew she was annoying them whenever she questioned their assumptions . |
| 12 | But the old bat was always hanging around — and then the next thing I knew she was telling me you 'd signed the lease . |
| 13 | So I knew she was enjoying it . |
| 14 | She knew she was doing it more and more , taking more and more risks . |
| 15 | But there was something about her ; he knew she was leading him on . |
| 16 | Burun knew she was delaying him deliberately . |
| 17 | I thought she was clutching it as she went past here but erm , oh you 've had some ? |
| 18 | And they thought she was favouring me . |
| 19 | She spoke to her husband , but I thought she was addressing me , for he must have heard this before , or at least known what was in her mind . |
| 20 | I thought she was teasing me . ’ |
| 21 | At first he thought she was attacking him . |
| 22 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 23 | She knew he thought she was putting it on , showing off — well , perhaps she was , but to herself not to him . |
| 24 | But I thought she was stirring it you see and so did Diane . |
| 25 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 26 | Well , somebody said she were having again , I thought she were having them like . |
| 27 | As she spoke she was laying him a place at the kitchen table , and serving him his meal . |
| 28 | The assistant manager said when she left she was drivin' it herself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Well , Muggeridge said she was complaining he never takes her anywhere . |
| 30 | ‘ They had been living together but she said she was leaving him , ’ said Mr Ben Hemo . |