Example sentences of "[subord] she [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went to Girton College , Cambridge , where she was awarded the Gamble gold medal and took second-class honours in the moral sciences tripos ( 1887 ) . |
| 2 | Bertha Cohen nodded briskly from the scullery sink where she was cleaning the blood from the dead hen 's neck before plucking its feathers . |
| 3 | Although she was gripping the rope at her shoulders , easing the weight on her head , her neck was fixed and immobile : to look at me she had to turn her entire body and raise her eyes in their sockets . |
| 4 | Immediately she was told the situation — she knew the strategic implications already of the cancellation of the Finnish Expedition — Charity was full of practical ideas for the reinstatement of Charles . |
| 5 | This might lead her to change her expectation of the average level of prices ; after all , if she is rational she must know that unpredictable movements in aggregate demand can occur and that one symptom of them is that the price in her island is higher than she was expecting the average to be . |
| 6 | She turned , came slowly around until she was facing the door again , so that it could see she had no weapons of any sort — knife , gun , grenade . |
| 7 | She stalked out of the factory , intending to walk through the grounds to cool off , and it was n't until she was passing the administration block that she realised it was raining . |
| 8 | He wondered if she were telling the truth and decided that it hardly mattered . |
| 9 | [ The minority ] believes that no good would come to children , husband or wife if she were given the protection of the criminal law . |
| 10 | And what if she were to leave the shelter of the house ? |
| 11 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 12 | If she were to open the door perhaps the blackness would be out there now , ready to swallow her , as it had almost done on that previous occasion ; or would she wander endlessly in a limbo of greyness , forever trapped between Johnny 's time and her own ? |
| 13 | Second , there are many loopholes in the legislation ; for instance , until very recently a woman could only claim equal pay if she were doing the identical work of a man and , since occupations are typically segregated by sex , it is often difficult to find such a comparable man . |
| 14 | as if she were putting the same reel of film back in the projector , she ran through the whole scene once again : she is speaking to the visitor , Paul is watching them with astonishment , and the guest is saying : ‘ In your next life , do you want to stay together or never meet again ? ’ |
| 15 | As the Rallye droned towards the lighthouse on the tip of Cap Camerat , Miranda felt as if she were breathing the air of the gods . |
| 16 | If she was to replace the roses she had used , she realised wearily , she would need to be up again at four . |
| 17 | ‘ Romantic , ’ said Zeinab , as if she was taking the word down to be used in evidence . |
| 18 | ‘ He 'll be with fairground people , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , staring into her teacup as if she was reading the leaves . |
| 19 | She lifted her arm to catch at a branch and , as she held it down , rainwater fell on her face her eyes were shut ; it was as if she was drinking the scent of lilac . |
| 20 | Cilla looked on , grinning as if she was watching the perfect Blind Date union . |
| 21 | Helen wondered if she was seeing the first moment of a gathering hysteria . |
| 22 | Turakina behaved as if she was seeing the offworlder for the first time . |
| 23 | She said , as if she was seeing the possibility of doubt for the very first time , ‘ You arc the man from the pest control ? ’ |
| 24 | So I went along there cos I thought if she was painting the children will be frozen and nothing to sit on and no |
| 25 | One thing that he noticed ; every now and again she 'd glance at the uncurtained window , as if she was checking the progress of the oncoming darkness . |
| 26 | ‘ He agreed to let her go out , but threatened her life if she was to raise the alarm . |
| 27 | Even the thought of this plan seemed dreadful to Mildred , who could see how such a course of action was fraught with danger , but there really was no alternative if she was to help the frog-magician . |
| 28 | If she was running the same company for Virgin , should n't she have some shareholding in it ? |
| 29 | All this came from Lucy in a rush , as if she was giving the background to someone else 's story . |
| 30 | As the narrator explained that ‘ Jane would soon have to move on ’ , because she was reaching the limit of her maximum stay in the council-owned hostel , we watched her rinse the sink , wipe the draining board and hang up the dishcloth . |