Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underneath all the leatherado , she was shy as hell and pleased as Punch with Dionne . |
| 2 | She was good as gold ; I do n't know what he would 've done without her ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ One minute she was right as rain . |
| 4 | She was pleased when Marguerite invited her to help with the evening meal . |
| 5 | ‘ Never mind , anyway , she was a German actress , if that 's what you want to call it , and she was hard as iron . |
| 6 | A stretched , tight , utterly unexpected pain which tensed every muscle in her body , until she was rigid as steel beneath him . |
| 7 | All in all , she was glad when morning came . |