Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her lips move constantly , as if she were remembering a text , like a Hasid at prayer . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I ca n't help you , ’ she kept saying , as if she were chanting a mantra . |
| 3 | And if , it 's as if she were writing a diary , I decided . |
| 4 | Her voice sounded mechanical as though she were drawing a shutter across her pains and fears . |
| 5 | Only Lori could act as if she were meeting a bosom friend for tea and a chat , when the reality was something light-years removed . |
| 6 | Franca , with her almost black hair and her almost black dress , felt occluded , invisible , as if she were wearing a shadoor . |
| 7 | A stream of urine splashed into the first glass , and as it filled Estelle guided the stream to the next glass as if she were holding a hose pipe . |
| 8 | Yes she were having a look at a lamb , seeing if it were alright for the thing and er we decided that they would n't be alright because where her shed thing is , it 's too far away from house . |
| 9 | She got in the car with as much ceremony as if she were mounting a camel . |
| 10 | Algy said , sitting on a low tapestry footstool by her mother 's chair and putting her forefinger on Lady Grubb 's big garnet ring as if she were pressing a doorbell , staring up at the implacable old head and thinking of nothing but of how to get her to look at one of the two people in the room . |
| 11 | Later on there is a figure in confrontation with a Barbie doll , who shows a vicious streak as she cuts his throat and asks , almost as though she were offering a round of toast , ‘ one slice or two ? ’ |
| 12 | In the dark she had hammered at him as if she were driving a spike . |
| 13 | She sounded as though she was stating a fact . |
| 14 | She was causing a stir in the yard , too , upsetting some folks , while making others laugh . |
| 15 | I 'm still not sure whether it was right or wrong , but it certainly got the reaction that was necessary that people appreciated that she was there , she was the Minister for Employment , and indeed she was causing a hell of a lot of problems for G M B members . |
| 16 | While she was framing a question that would not sound insultingly doubtful , Raffaella went on telling her story . |
| 17 | Lydia had rung in to say she was chasing a story in the Lake District , though everyone knew that what she was really chasing was the ravaged-looking thriller writer she had met at the launch of his last book and slept with the very same night . |
| 18 | She was using a boot or shoe . |
| 19 | She was looking a bit like she had the morning of her hysterectomy . |
| 20 | She was looking a bit unwell actually she should n't be driving in her condition ! |
| 21 | He was not reassured by hearing Bruce Davidson in the passage cheerily observing to Catherine that she was looking a bittie pale ; was it just the London air , or had she been burning the candle at both ends ? |
| 22 | ‘ Not in that respect , but I did think she was looking a lot older . ’ |
| 23 | She was pushing a piece of toast around on her plate , wondering if she had imagined that arctic expression on his face just now , when she heard the door open . |
| 24 | She was drying a plate on a tea towel . |
| 25 | She ran into the fog and through the fog , its thickness a blessing now , although she was risking a fall and broken bones . |
| 26 | A murmur crossed the room like a wave when Blanche revealed she was seeking a man called Mr Kennedy , who had been due to meet Nicola Sharpe at nine o'clock on the night she was murdered . |
| 27 | erm , she was buying a house for whatever it was it certainly was a lot of money |
| 28 | She was filling a syringe . |
| 29 | Tassi was jailed but by then the slander of Artemesia 's name was complete : she was branded a whore , later married off to a stranger and banished from Rome . |
| 30 | She was helping a family in which there were five children . |