Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she were living in the parks . |
| 2 | You know , what she were wearing in the book ? |
| 3 | She felt as though she were suffocating in the heat , as though it were stopping her nostrils , sealing her mouth , and when she tried to breathe it forced itself down into her stomach and made her heave . |
| 4 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 5 | Thirty minutes later she was drowning in the river Severn at Stonebench in Gloucestershire Bristol Crown court was told . |
| 6 | All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it . |
| 7 | But for the present she was lost in the wonder of her changed fortune . |
| 8 | It was recorded that when she was speaking in the market-place she was audible by the Senate House . |
| 9 | She was absorbed in the feminine ritual of drying her hair , as though there were no danger in their situation , as though she had not a care in the world . |
| 10 | For the next two hours she was absorbed in the film , which turned out to be as good as she had hoped . |
| 11 | A party of Young Conservatives , led by their national chairman , Wullie Robertson , a hairy , bearded Scot with a beer belly , wearing a T-shirt with the legend , ‘ She was stabbed in the back ’ , across it , made its way towards the exit and the real world outside . |
| 12 | ‘ Queenie ’ , as she was called in the family , was a doctor 's daughter who saw in Michael Joyce an eligible husband and the promise of a self-made man . |
| 13 | She was rich , beautiful , clever and amusing , and her wit became renowned ; she was featured in the picture papers , in the scandal sheets , and everyone of consequence was reported at one time or another to be going to marry her . |
| 14 | Karim Khalil , prosecuting , said the girl met Ellis while she was living in the home . |
| 15 | She helped some bairns when she was living in the Australian outback . |
| 16 | It was true that she worried more about her mother now she was living near by than she had when she was living in the Tuscan hills , but that might only be because of the possibility that she would call without warning . |
| 17 | She applied to Newcastle council for a grant as she was living in the Newcastle area . |
| 18 | She had found out from Angy 's relatives that she was living in the area and had secretly taken the opportunity of getting in touch with her . |
| 19 | ‘ Sure , her … last I heard , she was living in the old family house in Illinois . |
| 20 | ‘ We have not ruled out the possibility she was struck in the face with a weapon . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ She was slumped in the saddle and slurring her words . |
| 22 | Two of the men now hoisted her up , and when she was seated in the chair she slowly opened her eyes , and the first thing she saw was the great broad face of Betty Felton . |
| 23 | On the second occasion she was hit in the face when she found two men rifling her home . |
| 24 | She was stood in the wings refilling the whisky decanter , picturing herself seated at a concert grand on the platform of the Philharmonic Hall — Meredith was in the front row gazing up at her with adoration — when three men walking one behind the other filed through the pass-door into the auditorium . |
| 25 | She was dressed in the gear which the PGA encouraged for their female employees , dark trousers with a pastel-coloured sweater . |
| 26 | ‘ It is no longer correct to say ‘ the height of fashion ’ ’ … rather ‘ she was dressed in the full breadth of fashion ’ ’ . ' |
| 27 | Mrs Fellows , admitted for an operation on her varicose veins , is adequately hydrated and has been following the dietary advice she was given in the Outpatient Clinic and has managed to lose some weight . |
| 28 | More recently she was seen in the television adaptation of Melvyn Bragg 's novel A Time To Dance . |
| 29 | She was taking in the boutiques on Fifth Avenue . |
| 30 | But it did n't do any good , the next morning she was smoking in the bathroom . |