Example sentences of "and [verb] she was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After three weeks of misery Sally woke up one morning and realised she was no longer in love with Pete . |
| 2 | She ironed the covers and as she sat sewing them up round the cushions she felt her energy ebb and realised she was very chilly , and oh how the flesh above her knees ached ! |
| 3 | She sat by the fire and pretended she was quite happy alone , just sitting quietly and thinking , but Hepzibah knew better . |
| 4 | She once admitted that she would have loved a career in politics and believed she was now being forced to draw upon all her native political skills to ensure that her design ideas and her control over image were not submerged in the drive to reduce the debts . |
| 5 | ‘ When I said I was tired she glanced sideways at the bed and hinted she was fairly tired herself . |
| 6 | Maggie was a bit shaken at his silence and knew she was once again blushing . |
| 7 | She was lying so still Carrie thought she was dead , but when she got up to run and call Hepzibah she saw that her chest was still moving and knew she was only asleep . |
| 8 | ‘ In case you miss your way , ’ he said , but Fenella had heard the key turn in the lock earlier and knew she was still being treated as a prisoner . |
| 9 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 10 | Hilary Wade thanked English Estates and said she was particularly pleased the conservation of the Pease portrait ‘ an important piece of work for Middlesbrough ’ could go ahead . |
| 11 | Lydia was enraged at the injustice of this and said she was definitely going home now , and what 's more her feet were hurting . |
| 12 | Had he been hoping for Doreen to arrive and say she was no longer interested in the large Hastings home and that she 'd be willing to live anywhere with him — even to work beside him out in the wilderness ? |