Example sentences of "[Wh det] [was/were] [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 2 | She was aware of nothing else but his compelling , mesmeric eyes , which were rooting her to the spot , setting a torch to her , the shooting flames searing her insides . |
| 3 | She had £8,000 in the Gibraltar fund , a substantial slice of which was providing her with a monthly income . |
| 4 | It was that which was cutting her in two as she dangled from it . |
| 5 | And what was stopping her from accepting that offer ? |
| 6 | ‘ Are you … ? ’ she began , but she did n't want to believe what was staring her in the face . |