Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In view of her deteriorating clinical condition and colonoscopic biopsy findings suggesting cytomegalovirus infection , prednisolone was withdrawn and she was treated with a course of intravenous gangcyclovir ( 500 mg daily ) for two weeks . |
| 2 | Surgeons had inserted a plate and nine screws into her badly broken leg and she was faced with a bill for £1,950 . |
| 3 | Sliding open the door to the en-suite bathroom , she was faced with a room every line and angle of which was tiled in glistening white and amply provided with mirrors , giving the impression of a chapel carved out of snow . |
| 4 | A few more metres and she was faced with a panorama of colourful flower-beds surrounding a small lake where , as a centre-piece , air bubbled through a series of glass tubes of varying diameter and height to make an eye-catching display . |
| 5 | She was rewarded with a sweet smile . |
| 6 | Claudia stared at him , wondering if she was dealing with a madman . |
| 7 | ‘ The last thing my mother wanted was a child underfoot while she was dealing with a baby . |
| 8 | Half an hour later she was dealing with a small crisis that had cropped up and had forgotten all about Mr Massingham as she sent Jimmy on an urgent trip for some paperwork she needed . |
| 9 | Clearly she was dealing with a master strategist . |
| 10 | Within a week she was living with a black foster parent , in the area in which she had grown up , and was able to resume contact with her sister . |
| 11 | The following morning she was struck with a heavy fever and by the end of the day she was stone deaf . |
| 12 | She tweaked the pale blue hat she was wearing with a look of satisfaction and walked into the café to a table in a corner . |
| 13 | She was seen with a man in a loud checked suit who favoured bright ties . |
| 14 | There she was seen with a man at a hot dog stand . |
| 15 | There she was seen with a man at a hot dog stand . |
| 16 | She was riding with a score to settle . |
| 17 | She was born with a blockage in her nose which hindered breathing , so an airway is being kept open by a small tube . |
| 18 | and every , it 's always money goes to money she was born with a silver spoon , I was born with a wooden spoon |
| 19 | Twenty-four hours ago her life had seemed straightforward and uncomplicated , and now she was staying with a family she did n't know , invited to a wedding where she would know none of the guests — and extraordinarily attracted to a man with blue eyes . |
| 20 | He put the holdall on the table then moved behind her chair to look over her shoulder at the entry she was underlining with a fingernail . |
| 21 | The sounds and scents of the morning were keen and exciting yet at the centre of those sensations she was filled with a curious sort of quiet . |
| 22 | Tamar went cold for a moment and then she was filled with a blinding rage . |
| 23 | When the news about her parents came , she was filled with a black hatred of Greece . |
| 24 | As Rune laughed at her discomfort she was filled with a sudden urge to fling herself at him : wipe the laughter from his face , annihilate the sudden disarming dimples which had appeared beneath his lean cheeks , seal his mouth so that the corners could n't turn so distractingly upwards at her expense . |
| 25 | She was filled with a sense of well-being which augured well , she thought , for the success of her journey . |
| 26 | Usually the familiar beauty of this place had the very opposite effect on her , but today as she headed towards Loch Lomond she was filled with a terrible sense of doom . |
| 27 | Suddenly she was filled with a strange sense of foreboding she could n't understand . |
| 28 | Virginia found herself desperately hoping Guy would be back at Armscott Manor , because suddenly she was possessed with a burning need to talk to him , build some kind of bridge over the chasm she 'd caused with her accusation over Farthingdales . |
| 29 | Unhappy with the Steads , where she was beaten with a leather strap for wetting the bed , Ruth found a happier relationship with another family , but she could not rid herself of the insecurity . |
| 30 | She was presented with a Wedgwood Centenary Plate and a copy of ‘ Blackpool 's Century of Trams ’ , by Councillor Stanley Parkinson , Chairman of the Transportation Committee . |