Example sentences of "she were [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fand looked stranger than ever , her face fixed and old as if she were withering in this icy fire . |
| 2 | She were coughing like mad ! |
| 3 | She felt as though she were treading on thin ice and any false move might plunge her once more into the dark depths of despair . |
| 4 | Her tiredness seemed to soak away from her , as though she were lying in warm water ; she felt not only welcome , but positively needed . |
| 5 | Hugh began , but Molly was already up and almost running down the stone steps as if she were hurrying towards some long-planned assignation . |
| 6 | She were knocking for this thing you know . |
| 7 | You know , for one pound she were paying like three quid a week or whatever . |
| 8 | Too often , friends and colleagues react to the information that someone is suffering from depression either by agreeing that they often feel a bit down themselves but manage to cope , or else by treating the person as if he or she were suffering from mental disease . |
| 9 | she were going with this lad through and it 's the easiest three pound , three pound ten I 've ever earned Good though that int it ? |
| 10 | The people around her were standing in deferential poses , like a court . |