Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She were born that way . |
| 2 | She felt again that same deep chill , that same sense of horror she had always felt when in the presence of such venom , as if she were discovering that evil really did exist , that liberal attitudes were vaporous , that filth could find its way into the universe and be embodied and spread relentlessly , terrifying those it infected . |
| 3 | Well I knew where she were heading that night that day she came to our house . |
| 4 | She had a crop of them now that she could n't get rid of , even though she was using that acne treatment that worked wonders for the girl on the telly advert . |
| 5 | She was thinking that rejection brought out the best in Bert . |
| 6 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 7 | yeah yeah well I know she was getting that way towards Christmas . |
| 8 | To avoid the trouble she had been obliged to invent a friend , a suicidal woman friend with whom she was staying that night . |
| 9 | All at once she was wishing that Desmond was with her . |
| 10 | ‘ Was n't it you she was teasing that time , when the bees came out ? |
| 11 | She was hurrying that morning . |
| 12 | She was walking that way , and I could hardly ignore her . |
| 13 | Looking out , she was reminded that East , West or North Riding , she was Yorkshire . |
| 14 | The third and last time she was wakened that night , it was by the voice of her husband saying , ‘ What it is to have a clear conscience . |
| 15 | She had put an old cardigan over the top , and she 'd rolled up the sleeves and she was shaking that bucket . |
| 16 | She had told him she was promised that evening to Charles Harvey , who was taking her to Jeffrey Archer 's party . |
| 17 | Couriers are regularly in and out of Felcourt and one guy from DHL , Pete , plucked up the courage to ask Clare what she was doing that weekend . |
| 18 | Carolyn found everything about Bryony so alien that she could not begin to guess what she was doing that Bryony did n't like . |
| 19 | She was more than a little astounded , however , that , as Naylor stood facing her in the hall of her home , she should suddenly feel breathless and find that she was extending that courtesy even further . |