Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 2 | Well she was n't please to see me , no . |
| 3 | She was about to tell him that was his own stupid fault and that she was n't here to wait on him — particularly since he had proved to be so inhospitable . |
| 4 | But she was n't here to speculate on her cousin 's love-life . |
| 5 | Head down , she insisted she WAS N'T here to promote her new movie Death Becomes Her , in which she plays an actress worried about her looks . |
| 6 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 7 | He was glad she was n't there to listen . |
| 8 | She was not here to enjoy herself — well , not primarily — but to get that interview under way . |
| 9 | Even Will , she realised , for all his consideration , had subconsciously assumed that she was there solely to support him . |
| 10 | For one thing , she was still here to do that job for her sister . |
| 11 | After all , she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally . |