Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd fallen asleep , a head on each shoulder and she was determined to leave them like that for as long as she could . |
| 2 | She wanted some answers and she was determined to get them when she next spoke to Kolchinsky . |
| 3 | In the final days before they met , Mother 's face began to harden when she sat and watched Boy and O , as if she was trying to push them together by sheer force of will power . |
| 4 | And Norma was trying to persuade , because , it was for two adults and two children , she was trying to persuade them to take the boys with them . |
| 5 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 6 | She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ? |
| 7 | He had explained it to her , explained that there were great forces in the universe and that she was destined to serve them . |
| 8 | She said she was going to take them to the men working on the road . ’ |
| 9 | No-one could have known that she was going to bring them for the weekend . ’ |
| 10 | When she saw them she was going to tell them about the tea and in the same breath demand to know what they had found and why Cobalt had anticipated finding anything in the Villa Fiesole . |
| 11 | In nervous haste she was bending to retrieve them when her eye caught the name at the top of the first : P. Gray . |
| 12 | She was longing to tell them everything , but even five-year-olds gossip and it was vital , at this stage , that no one should know . |
| 13 | She was gratified to see them jump apart , eyes popping . |
| 14 | How well she was coming to know them : the Mid-day Demon of Accidie who dulled her mind and drained the words of meaning ; the Seraph-Serpents , ever hot upon his heels , whose bite flustered her to panic and anxiety ; then , by dark , the Ochim — doleful screech-owls whose appetite always demanded more than she knew how to give . |
| 15 | Yeah , when she was saying asking them |