Example sentences of "she [vb past] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first Americans she observed were on the boat and she wrote , ‘ they laughed at the poor immigrants lying on the deck in their wretched clothes … without the least sign of sympathy . ’ |
| 2 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 3 | The one battle she lost was over the dog , Hector . |
| 4 | The turquoise dress she wore was of the kind of stretch cotton which showed up any figure fault and which in this instance merely demonstrated the perfection of her body . |
| 5 | A house called Les Hiboux , sited in the département of the Dordogne , which she knew was in the south-west , near a community called Issigeac . |
| 6 | She soon decided that the house was the most beautiful place she had ever seen , and though she had little experience of antique furniture or fine art works she immediately recognised that all the things she saw were of the highest quality . |
| 7 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |