Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 2 | The leaders of Britain 's main christian churches were there to greet her in this first city church devoted to united worship . |
| 3 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 4 | But Keith was already pushing her into the living-room , bubbling with what he had to say . |
| 5 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 6 | But he was already leading her to the stairs . |
| 7 | She struggled not to run screaming from the office , seeing the trip ahead , knowing what would happen , that desire , that overpowering excitement flaring up between them in a hotel bedroom somewhere on the other side of the world , dragging her deeper into a relationship that was already tearing her to pieces . |
| 8 | Peter was somehow taking her into his arms , hissing something in Marc 's face , but she could n't tell what . |
| 9 | Father Abbot , here is a strange saying , for she came to me when I was not seeking her at all , when I knew nothing of her . |
| 10 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 11 | Nor that the reason she had sent Maggie to an all-girls ' school was not to protect her from evil-minded youths , but to protect her from the sort of teaching that she seemed to be getting . |
| 12 | So he persuaded himself , for it made his own sin less grievous that he was not leading her into temptation too . |
| 13 | Midnight was forever filling her with surprises . |
| 14 | He was usually decrying her for displaying that vice . |
| 15 | But this sense was always leading her into trouble — why get involved again ? |
| 16 | The old woman was always threatening her with a stick-licking if she told lies , but told them herself . |
| 17 | He was still watching her across the table . |
| 18 | He was still watching her with that professional expression on his face . |
| 19 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 20 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 21 | He was still holding her in the loose circle of his arms and she instantly bridled at the teasing . |
| 22 | ‘ You can let me go now , ’ Jenna said stiffly , reminding him that he was still holding her in arms that were beginning to tighten almost imperceptibly . |
| 23 | He was still clasping her by the shoulders and she tried to shake free . |
| 24 | Anne tried to get up , pulling on a coat , but Nina was still pinning her to the floor . |
| 25 | 4 ) ‘ My daughter met any other child at playgroup with a resounding thump if they touched ‘ her toy ’ ( because I think her older brother was still treating her to this type of jealousy at home ) . |
| 26 | But I knew what was really worrying her at that moment . |
| 27 | Kate 's eyes burned with a fury that was fast reducing her to speechlessness . |
| 28 | Surely he was n't accusing her of lying about this , too ? |
| 29 | Luke had n't mentioned company , she thought , but then he was n't expecting her at this ungodly hour — it was nearly eight already . |
| 30 | Juliet had an awful suspicion that she was about to strike her with the plastic colander , and she stepped back . |