Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Londonderry was greatly admired at the Russian Court and some of the Londonderry family jewels — the Down Diamonds and the parure and cross were given to her by the Russian Emperor Alexander I. |
| 2 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 3 | Last night prayers were said for her at Watton Methodist Church where her aunt is a member of the congregation . |
| 4 | These were the sort of respondents who nicknamed the fieldworker ‘ Tell her Nothin ’ and ‘ Nosebag ’ , and tried to assert informal checks on colleagues who were conversing with her by reminding them of the notepad and that she ‘ writes everything down ’ . |
| 5 | Two letter of thanks were then read — the first from Edith Harlow thanking all the teachers for the lovely handbag , matching gloves and cheque which were presented to her at the Essex Rally together with a jewel box , cheque , flowers and an iced cake all given by Essex teachers and class members . |
| 6 | I shall have more to say the plaintiff 's young life when I deal with the reports that were written on her from her school when dealing with the loss of future earnings . |
| 7 | Fenella looked over her shoulder at them and saw that they were looking at her with such blind trust and with such faith that cold anger rose in her at the evil Lord who had forced them to his work . |
| 8 | She lifted a hand to shade her eyes and Martin Jackson 's face appeared on the backdrop of light , as if he were looking at her from the sun 's centre . |
| 9 | Beatrix Potter 's own sketches of the city were used by her in her books . |
| 10 | And however hard she tried to hide her intentions from Nils they were emblazoned around her in the electric blue of panic over the iridium crown of Steel City in the night . |
| 11 | they were waiting for her in the old house : Louise , her mother , her aunt Bella and her grandmother , Irena . |
| 12 | All the same she was mortified to discover on returning much later to the apartment that the detested clothes were waiting for her in her room . |
| 13 | Realizing that not only Mrs Whittaker , but twelve newly arrived first-year students , were waiting for her in expectant silence , she pulled herself together . |
| 14 | They were waiting for her in Miami , if she ever got back there . |
| 15 | They were handed to her at Blackpool , where a royal aide gave the go-ahead for marriage guidance workers to present the fish . |
| 16 | The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony . |
| 17 | Such meals as she ate were brought to her on trays by Janet , meals that Alexandra and Dora would plan with minutest care in the kitchen . |
| 18 | Oh , sure , about as safe as a shield of plastic wrap would make her feel if a bear were charging towards her at a full gallop . |
| 19 | She had summoned these people up , these ghosts would materialize , even now they were converging upon her in their finery at her bidding , each of them willing to surrender a separate self for an evening , to eat , to drink , to talk , to exchange embraces , to wait for the witching hour . |
| 20 | His eyes were fixed on her with such intensity that she felt as if that dark brown gaze were burning her skin . |
| 21 | David 's eyes were fixed on her with an intensity she had n't seen before . |
| 22 | ‘ Let me go , put me down , ’ and when he would n't , she tried to plunge her teeth into his arms which were clamped round her like steel bands . |
| 23 | Bales of material of every type and hue were spread before her for her approval . |
| 24 | I were talking to her for about half an hour . |
| 25 | No I do n't know what it was but Catherine was t telling me the other day about how erm oh I told you something about that and you t and you t were talking to her about it . |
| 26 | People were squeezing by her in the general drift to get a look at him , and she let herself go with the crowd a little in order to see how he was doing . |
| 27 | She was sometimes referred to as Trivia and offerings of black lambs , honey and new-born puppies were left for her at crossroads . |
| 28 | Her mother spoke emotionally of the moment when they were reunited with her at the hospital on Sunday . |
| 29 | Her parents only came to appreciate the impact the plaintiff had made on others before her accident from the tributes that were paid to her by outsiders of the family during the months the plaintiff was in a coma at Addenbrookes . |
| 30 | Betsy died in 1864 , and tributes were paid to her in newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic and much further afield . |