Example sentences of "[subord] she [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before caution could restrain the impulse , he placed his hand over hers where she was resting it on the low wall in front of them . |
| 2 | McLeish carried over a loaded tray , and ate ravenously , noting with interest that Catherine Crane had an equally good appetite , though it was not obvious where she was putting it on that slim frame . |
| 3 | But she soon realised that the fire was spreading faster than she was putting it out . |
| 4 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |
| 5 | Mrs Woods , of Bridlington , refused to send Tommy back to school until she was guaranteed he would be allowed to sit with the other children . |
| 6 | Until she was approaching her half century Hannah was probably the least travelled person anywhere in the northern counties . |
| 7 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 8 | that 's right , yes , cos she was thinking it was Friday , oh , you were there were you ? |
| 9 | Cos she was expecting me to trot out something like , yes both my parents went to grammar school like everybody else whose parents went , you know , they were all saying , yes my parents went to grammar school and they got these and these have got these qualifications and everything , I could n't believe it though , there 's a load of people in our class and like you know , all the parents are all these things and they 're not exactly brilliant , the children |
| 10 | I told her off last week cos she was watching it ! |
| 11 | Cos she was saying they were |
| 12 | I 've put in stuff for her from all over , and she always thanks me , not like she was paying me at all . |
| 13 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 14 | At one point Eva turned and gesticulated towards me , as if she were taking him to task for something he 'd done to me . |
| 15 | On the bus home that day , she wondered what her parents would have to say , if she were to ask them about it . |
| 16 | She did n't actually say , ‘ Please hurry up , oh please hurry up , ’ but she might just as well have done : her mouth twitched as if she were muttering it inwardly , her eyes kept darting to the clock on the mantelpiece and there were red , nervous spots on her cheeks . |
| 17 | Afterwards , looking back , Sara knew that if she were asked she would put a circle round this evening , this particular point in time , and say , " That 's when the heartache began , " a tiny little pain to begin with , no more than a tremor of consciousness , the veriest pinprick . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're really thirty , ’ said Catriona , trying to sound as if she were pretending she did n't believe it . |
| 19 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 20 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 21 | It crossed Cora-Beth 's mind that this girl 's feelings towards Harry might well change if she were to meet him again after an absence of two years , but she bit back her words , fearing that the suggestion , were she to make it , might put the idea into his head . |
| 22 | If she were to marry him as he wanted , and , indeed , as her mother wanted , she would enjoy all these assets . |
| 23 | Dawn seems hostile enough already , but if she were to marry him she would take a proprietorial interest in his practice . |
| 24 | Even if she were to write she knew she would never post the letter . |
| 25 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 26 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 27 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 28 | ‘ If she was wearing it there 's always the chance that someone recognised its true value , and it was stolen . ’ |
| 29 | After a moment she ventured , ‘ Do you think Maria would know if she was wearing it ? ’ |
| 30 | Without hesitation , she set off in pursuit , unable to think beyond the fact that he would be lost , not even considering that if she was dismissed he was no longer her responsibility . |