Example sentences of "she [was/were] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's knocking on , she were on the other day |
| 2 | For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very , very high skyscraper . |
| 3 | word clear and comprehensible as if she were in the front row of the stalls . |
| 4 | The whole bar was up on its feet to watch even before she had finished laying down the opening phrases ; by the time she was into the full fury of the aria , with its demanding coloratura decorations , its elaborate breathing technique and its famous placing of the pauses , we were all applauding and whistling . |
| 5 | When she reached the summit , she was into the full brunt of the gale-force wind . |
| 6 | Fond though she was of the other girl , she could n't take much more of this . |
| 7 | She had never been so aware of anyone as she was of the powerful man who had entered her life so abruptly . |
| 8 | She was unbearably aware of the tensile strength of his incipient beard beneath the shaven smoothness of his jaw , just as she was of the aroused hardness of his body , controlled , contained but testifying to his rampant masculinity in a way that was driving her to abandon the last remaining threads of self-control . |
| 9 | Whatever the complications may have been , and whatever those theatre nurses may have thought , the fact was that Kirsty had suffered no physical ill-effects once she was over the post-operative period . |
| 10 | When Corkill , of Darlington , Co Durham , was stopped by police , the boy was in her car and she was over the drink-drive limit , Teesside magistrates heard . |
| 11 | ‘ But I thought she was with the other programme . ’ |
| 12 | As usual when drunk , he spoke to her as if she was at the other end of the street . |
| 13 | She was at the deep end of the pool when Felipe suddenly surfaced beside her . |
| 14 | Gorman , 61 — MP for Billericay in Essex — did not appear because she was at the Tory conference in Brighton . |
| 15 | When she 'd been doing her research for this article she 'd talked to various other people in the City regarding Laura Wyndham 's expertise in her job , and they had all agreed on one thing — she was at the very top of her profession . |
| 16 | Either because she was at the bottom end of the family , or because she always had a book to study . |
| 17 | Only when she was on the other side of the car could she gain a clear view of Maurice and only then by closing to within a few yards . |
| 18 | She needed someone to talk to about it all , needed a sharer of secrets , an ear to listen to her plans and , above all , someone to agree that she was on the right course , that both shopping expedition and holiday were what she stood in urgent need of . |
| 19 | She did n't recognise any landmarks , so she went on again , keeping a sharp lookout for her ‘ pony tree ’ and for any other tree or open space that would tell her she was on the right path . |
| 20 | Those who wished to appeal more directly to fascist or nazi ideas would criticize her Christian and anti-German ideas , while stating that she was on the right track . |
| 21 | At fourteen hands she was on the small side for polo , with a lovely intelligent head , wide-apart dark eyes , clean legs and a smooth , effortless stride . |
| 22 | She was on the small cot bed . |
| 23 | She was on the critical list . |
| 24 | ‘ And that was why she was on the upper deck that night ? ’ asked Owen . |
| 25 | She did not look like a predatory widow and she was no superannuated dolly-bird either ; she must have been fifty , she was on the plump side , clear skinned , with a frank , open face . |
| 26 | As before , when she was on the Northern Line , she thought there must be some rule , some operating law , that would stop more than a limited , controlled number getting in . |
| 27 | ‘ Answer me , ’ he thundered , and she shivered ; her pleasant , familiar room had become a battlefield , and she was on the losing side . |
| 28 | Now she was writing in her journal that she would tell Dr Neil who and what she was on the coming Saturday , after the bazaar was over . |
| 29 | But seeing the pleading in her eyes and aware that she was on the very brink of womanhood , he knew that he must give her her head and allow her to marry if that was what she wanted . |
| 30 | Any ideas on that score swiftly evaporated , however , when his glance suddenly shot to hers , and she was on the receiving end of his piercing eyes as , ‘ According to this , you should have been here last Friday ! ’ he charged . |