Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 2 | Her circulating paracetamol concentration was 943 µmol/l on admission , implying a high risk of fulminant hepatitis even if she was treated with the antioxidant acetylcysteine . |
| 3 | They had returned to the Operations Room , where Bernice was surprised to hear Ace 's voice — as far as anyone knew she was recovering with the rest of her party on Moloch — and even more surprised to hear it raised in anger and directed at — of all people — the Doctor . |
| 4 | Liz was asked to imagine how she would respond if she was faced with the same problems again . |
| 5 | Many times , in the middle of the night when she could not sleep , she was faced with the slightly guilty realization that she was behaving rather badly , but in the daytime it did n't seem to matter . |
| 6 | She was speaking with the usual tone of insincere humility that she puts on when talking about human qualities that Intelloids lack . |
| 7 | This time she was rewarded with the sound of a familiar if dejected voice the other end . |
| 8 | In Thailand she was struck with the contrast between the acrobatic and boisterous dances for men , and the women 's gentle , elegant movement in which all the activity is in the hands and arms , the feet never leaving the ground . |
| 9 | He thought that in principle the plaintiff 's right to compensation came into existence only when she was born with the bodily disability from which she suffered . |
| 10 | Fidelma should have left the room some five minutes before , but she was fiddling with the silver milk jug and sugar basin so that she did n't miss anything . |
| 11 | ‘ Leave them alone , ’ he said , for now she was fiddling with the crochet mats of green wool , flipping them over like pancakes . |
| 12 | She was staying with the owners ; their shepherd , their smoother-of-the-way , their information booth . |
| 13 | She was staying with the tech was n't she ? |
| 14 | That feeling was strange , she resisted it , she knew that it was absurd as well as amoral , but in the end she told herself that she could not command her feelings : she was no longer able to torment herself with thoughts of their wars nor to enjoy their celebrations , because she was filled with the conviction that none of it was her concern . |
| 15 | She was filled with the greatest apprehension about the next couple of days . |
| 16 | Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel . |
| 17 | She was toying with the sand , scooping it up and letting it trail through her fingers , and she did n't see the expression in his eyes when he next spoke . |
| 18 | And she was toying with the idea whether to go and do her midwifery cos that 's what she wanted to do |
| 19 | He was understandably apprehensive when Diana made her first speech partly in Welsh at Cardiff City Hall when she was presented with the Freedom of the City . |
| 20 | She was presented with the award by Yorkshire 's Deputy County Commissioner for Venture Scouts , Roger Williams , during a ceremony at Huddersfield Town Hall . |
| 21 | They look like extras from Mary Poppins , ’ she joked.A visit to the home of an old Nepali woman in Dharan town left her moved.As she came out of the tiny thatch-roofed hut with mud floors and no electricity , in which she was huddled with the old woman for several minutes , she said : ‘ I shall never complain again . ’ |
| 22 | Again , she was festooned with the contents of the treasure chest — the terrible red leather box . |
| 23 | She was kneeling on the steps next to the old iron railings that ran along the front of the terrace , her arms supporting the naked body of her little boy , and she was trembling with the effort of holding him still . |
| 24 | When she stepped from the changing-room and walked to the poolside , however , she was greeted with the usual enthusiasm , especially from Belinda , who attached herself once again and trailed round the pool behind her , loudly voicing her admiration , and , to Rachel 's embarrassment , drawing attention to the new swimsuit . |
| 25 | And she was left with the shattered remains of all that she had found dear in her life , and two extraordinarily sheepish-looking men . |
| 26 | Either she was left with the excellent non-skiing kindergarten , which she enjoyed but where she did not learn to ski , something she very much wanted to do , or she had to be put into skischool . |
| 27 | Lucy grabbed for it ; she was choking with the grip on her throat . |
| 28 | As Sara dialled the Kensington number of her stepfather 's house , she had a vision of the hall where the telephone table was , and she was invaded with the old feeling of inadequacy . |
| 29 | She had recently found that she was waking with the dawn — or even slightly earlier — and she used the opportunity either to keep up with her journal or to rough out a column for J. D. O'Connor who grew increasingly pleased with her work . |
| 30 | She was talking with the ease of total emotional exhaustion . |