Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to free Sycorax without further delay , and Ariel too , though some doubted her allegiance , and were willing to abandon her for carrying the stranger 's child . |
| 2 | We were delighted to see her at our last Qualified Teachers ' Day . |
| 3 | When she knew the plans were afoot to move her on her concern was for her second in command , a Sinhalese whom she considered worthy of being leader . |
| 4 | France and Belgium were the two lesser industrial powers and although France had been a big eighteenth-century producer of coal , her resources were unable to provide her with the fuel she needed for industry on the German scale . |
| 5 | Fortunately , her relatives were able to move her to another home which was cheaper : that is an increasingly common practice . |
| 6 | Captain Dawson 's parents , themselves stricken , had no idea how to deal with their weeping daughter-in-law , and were thankful to leave her to Dorothy . |
| 7 | Her neat footwork won her plaudits even from those who were inclined to knock her for her ‘ lack of substance ’ . |
| 8 | They were anxious to tell her about Miguel Rafaelo , whom they obviously loved . |
| 9 | This is why Jesus could forgive a woman caught in adultery , when the legalists were ready to stone her to death . |
| 10 | The finished clothes were delivered to the hotel on her last morning in Paris only an hour before Bob Storrington was due to collect her for lunch . |
| 11 | The day her mother was due to put her in an institution Ursula Findlay , a nurse from Gloucestershire visited the ward . |
| 12 | Dr Neil — she could not think of him as Neil — was careful to hold her in such a way that she felt no restraint , although his own self-control was slowly beginning to slip . |
| 13 | She could almost hear him making the effort to be cheerful , as if he was afraid to disappoint her in case she decided not to ring him again . |
| 14 | My daughter , who was six years old at the time , was delighted to be sleeping in Mummy 's bed and I was delighted to have her with me . |
| 15 | In the early stages he was content to keep her towards the rear of the field as Teleprompter — also attempting a mile and a half for the first time — took his accustomed role of front-runner . |
| 16 | You said it was rude to ask her for it . |
| 17 | She was a silk-and-satin girl ; it was hard to imagine her in denim and cotton . |
| 18 | And Bubbles — real name Patricia — died after accidentally taking twice the amount she should have done … and five times the level of a drug that was supposed to wean her off them , a Westminster inquest heard yesterday . |
| 19 | She ignores me , whining about how he was supposed to meet her at the Bullet 's Head . |
| 20 | ‘ I was glad to see her at the pictures with you , ’ Anne said . |
| 21 | I was glad to send her to Lowood . |
| 22 | It was better to leave her with her dreams , Nessie later told Kevin . |
| 23 | When she returned to Swans ' Meadow , she found Ursula had embarked on a cold-blooded drinking bout and was reluctant to accompany her into the garden , the one venue where Charlotte felt she could safely disclose what had happened . |
| 24 | In all my life there have been very few occasions when I badly wanted more money and that was one of them , because on my wage of three shillings a day as an AC2 I was unable to drape her with expensive clothes . |
| 25 | The male did not bother her at all after spawning , so I was able to leave her in the Mbuna colony until she was ‘ near term ’ — and all the fry were this time normal — all 120+ of them . |
| 26 | But in her case I was able to leave her in here much longer . |
| 27 | She was n't used to expressing such volatility in front of anyone , and it confounded her how a total stranger , and a man she disliked into the bargain , was able to stir her to such an extent . |
| 28 | At one stage it was thought that the old lady would be written off , but luckily it was not to be and the following year I was able to take her from Buckie with a new lease of life . |
| 29 | She was the one sister who was sympathetic to him ; that is , when he was able to detach her from the others . |
| 30 | ‘ He was able to introduce her to a lot of people but her real ambition is to be a movie star , not an actress on the stage . |