Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought swam into her mind out of nowhere and she felt vaguely guilty when she realised it was a great relief to have this excuse . |
| 2 | She sighed as she realised it was a Californian bedroom , wooden floors and a window the length of one wall overlooking trees and a river , on a hilltop . |
| 3 | A moment later , that icy coldness was being pushed into her , and she realised it was an ice cube that he was inserting into her sensitive channel . |
| 4 | It was the way she liked to work , and , watching him , she realised he was a master at it . |
| 5 | When she realized I was a good thief and knew how to use a knife , she got to like me . |
| 6 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 7 | As she passed by , she realized it was the bird that was singing . |
| 8 | I pretended I was the photographer and she pretended she was the writer . |
| 9 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 10 | But she found it was a different school with different faces . |
| 11 | Unfolding the notice , she found it was a call to Italian women to demonstrate at the NATO base where the camp had been set up . |
| 12 | When it came to her turn to scramble ashore , she found it was no easy task to move the balance beam which swung the gates open . |
| 13 | When she awoke , rubbing at a rather stiff neck , feeling hungry , but better than she expected , she found it was the middle of the morning and sunshine was streaming into every corner of the cottage . |
| 14 | She paced the garden ; she found it was an exact square . |
| 15 | He uttered a short sharp bark , which made Rosie jump ; she assumed it was a cough , then realised that it was intended as an expression of amusement . |
| 16 | When the doorbell rang shortly before ten o'clock , she assumed it was the postman and answered it ill-prepared for the face that greeted her . |
| 17 | When she saw a curtain move in one of the palace windows , she believed it was a signal of love from the King . |
| 18 | And she believed it was the same with him . |
| 19 | She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition . |
| 20 | She noticed I was a bit green from the sickness . |
| 21 | In my class of infants , a little five-year-old girl was busy drawing what she told me was a ‘ picture of God ’ . |
| 22 | I do n't even know whether anything she told me was the truth . |
| 23 | Four middle-aged women got out of it , and she guessed they were the Women 's Institute members who had been checking the bush walk on behalf of the Institute . |
| 24 | She guessed it was a briefcase . |
| 25 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 26 | She discovered she was a split second too late in making a hurried scramble to get off the bed , because , in the next instant , Naylor was there with her , pinning her down with his body . |
| 27 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , and in a strange sort of way appeared to be fascinated by her , she sensed it was the kind of reluctant fascination one might feel for an intriguing , but poisonous snake . |
| 28 | She decided he was a good deal more accomplished than the people he served . |
| 29 | They were heavy and sparkled when she held them to the light , and she thought they were the most beautiful things she would ever own . |
| 30 | She thought it was a kind of prison . |