Example sentences of "she [was/were] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned across the table to Wickham as if she were the man facing MacQuillan . |
| 2 | I really did , of course she was the nurse came in , first it was the doctor , |
| 3 | ‘ Does n't the Prime Minister realise that she is the only person in this whole shameful episode that ca n't make the excuse that I was only obeying orders , because she was the person giving the orders — and the orders are tyrannical . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't have thought she was the type to take tranquillisers . |
| 5 | There was a girl called Carmen , she was the queen Reject , she just let me hang around with them so she could sneer at me for being a moony . |
| 6 | They were really much more than just bike rides , for Granny , who lived with the family , had told her the story of St. George and given her books about Brownies , and Brenda rode along the country lanes make-believing she was the knight riding to rescue the princess from the dragon . |
| 7 | PRETTY mum Suzanne Scott stepped outside a court yesterday to reveal she was the usher kissed by the judge nicknamed Zorro . |
| 8 | Shh shh , she 's done nothing , she 's done nothing wrong and I 've assaulted her was the assault justified ? |