Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What good would it do her , this holiday , if she were all the time anxious ? |
| 2 | She was relieved the cut was small and not very deep although it was bleeding steadily . |
| 3 | Angela Robinson , who runs Flickers , said she was relieved the matter was all over . |
| 4 | At least I did not recognize her ; but then she was such a shrinking , washed-out-creature — when later I had lunch with one of Eliot 's former doctors he described her as ‘ an ugly little thing ’ , which was rather unkind and hardly accurate — that she could easily have escaped notice . |
| 5 | She was such a heroine in her own way because it was not possible to give her the attention and comfort she deserved yet she never complained . |
| 6 | She was such a bitch ! |
| 7 | She was such a liar . |
| 8 | She was such a stranger to herself now ; it was no use trying to understand anything she did . |
| 9 | And then felt , suddenly , that she was all the things Nick had said . |
| 10 | She was convinced the cat was basically evil , but it was Mrs Rundle 's beloved if delinquent child and she had to ask after it . |
| 11 | She shied off , but it seemed unarguable that she was convinced the killing was political : she had hired Brian Berg to follow that line . |
| 12 | She was convinced the defector he referred to vaguely was important and Urquhart was her only source of information about him . |
| 13 | At least the Queen was still on the throne and nothing changed there , even though she was long a widow . |
| 14 | Although she was due a week later in Glasgow , I did not go there . |
| 15 | The lad 's prize was a silver shilling , the maids got a shilling and a kiss , and Mrs. Jarrett — well , for one terrified minute she thought she was due a kiss , too , but instead she had a stately one-round waltz on the meadow with the master , while everyone else laughed 206 or cheered or sang their own idea of a waltz tune . |
| 16 | After studying photos of the 100-room house , she was certain the home |
| 17 | Until a moment ago she 'd been ravenously hungry , but now she was certain the salad would be dust and ashes in her mouth . |
| 18 | Somewhere in the house she was sure a handle was turned quietly , a door was opened and then closed again with care . |
| 19 | Then a pack of cards , and backgammon , Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly because she was sure the cottage would have only Snakes and Ladders and jigsaws with several pieces missing . |
| 20 | She was sure the neighbourhood would initially be outraged at her living alone , despite the presence of more servants than she knew what to do with , but she was proof against their opinion and she would only be a nine days ' wonder in any case . |
| 21 | ‘ She never stopped telling the story- and believe me , when my Grandma Gertie liked a story , she aired it often — of the weird goings-on in the place in Cable Street , and how she was sure the bedroom was haunted . |
| 22 | She was sure the conductor would put him off . |
| 23 | Works and health committee chairwoman Eleanor Young said she was delighted the report was being taken on board . |
| 24 | By the time she was thirteen the routine of agony and rebellion on one side and vengeful discipline on the other had worn everyone out and she was taken to a barber . |
| 25 | By the time Gullholm was in full view she was sorry the crossing was over . |
| 26 | A WIDOW whose arm was bitten off by an alligator said yesterday she was sorry the creature was later killed . |
| 27 | She was famous the world over , in a way that no member of the Royal Family , not even any Hollywood legend , had ever been . |
| 28 | That irked Riessa , and when she was angry the Power flowed stronger and the dragons were especially big and ugly . |
| 29 | She was amazed the thought had even entered his head . |
| 30 | And it was bigger and it was shinier and er so she was happy a fortnight later anyway . |