Example sentences of "she was [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was covered with woven skins , but we stripped her ; |
| 2 | She was treated with nebulised salbutamol , which relieved the symptoms , and was reassured and asked to attend the general medical unit of her hospital for follow up . |
| 3 | She was treated with elemental diet ( E 028 , Scientific Hospital Supplies , Liverpool ) and blood transfusion , as well as further prednisolone and sulphasalazine . |
| 4 | We were delighted when she was kennelled with another dog , John , whom she absolutely idolised . |
| 5 | But she was a cheery old sort , if a shade old-fashioned ( ‘ I am old enough to be your mother , Prime Minister' had gone down rather well ) , and when she finally shuddered to a halt , having gone through at least two red lights , she was rewarded with much applause . |
| 6 | She 'd never been a proper mother and I hated the way she was acting with that man . |
| 7 | I found her standing by the sink , which she was filling with hot water . |
| 8 | ‘ Brigitte Krone : she was living with one of the families Gustav hid up with that winter . |
| 9 | But to avoid it meant a long detour to get into Barn Street , and she was shivering with wet and cold . |
| 10 | ‘ And there is n't even a sunset yet , ’ she husked desperately as the fire of his body and his need for her swelled and swelled within her till she was writhing with sweet ecstasy beneath him on the dry , dusty cliff-top . |
| 11 | She was threatened with that a few days later when she was sweeping the back stairs and her rear view was too much of a temptation for the young footman . |
| 12 | She was dressed with unusual coherence for an academic , Roland thought , rejecting several other ways of describing her green and white length , a long pine-green tunic over a pine-green skirt , a white silk shirt inside the tunic and long softly white stockings inside long shining green shoes . |
| 13 | But when the Nefertari appeared after her annual refit , she was gleaming with fresh white and blue paint and varnished wood . |
| 14 | I must point out that she was selected with considerable care . |
| 15 | If we printed details of the case it would make her identity too plain to the authorities but suffice it to say that she was detained with some others for celebrating a ‘ banned person ’ — Nelson Mandela . |
| 16 | She was kept in a cell from 2 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. when she was charged with unlawful possession of a pair of hairbrushes . |
| 17 | She was born with severe back problems and spent much of her childhood wearing splints and fearing she would not walk again . |
| 18 | Soon she was singing with various friends in nearby Crouch End . |
| 19 | He looked up into her wide blue eyes which were scrutinising him intently over the mug of tea which she was holding with two hands . |
| 20 | Her bright hair was hidden under a sunhat , and she was disguised with dark glasses , but no one had shown the slightest interest in her . |
| 21 | She was fixed with steely eyes and was somewhat surprised to find a decided twinkle there . |
| 22 | On the one hand she was filled with total elation at the prospect of soon having Kirsty with her . |
| 23 | But she was filled with such tenderness that she cradled his head as he lay against her breasts and whispered , ‘ I 'm sorry , my darling , I 'm sorry … ’ |
| 24 | But suddenly she was filled with another fear — about the wisdom of staying on in such close proximity with him . |
| 25 | At the time she was lodging with two ladies who had lost their brother in the First World War . |
| 26 | Miss Henrietta 's death had seemed so much more terrible and yet when she ventured to say this she was met with blank looks . |
| 27 | And , as her heartbeats quickened , she was striving with all she knew to stay calm . |
| 28 | Without waiting for The Fat Controller 's reaction to all this , she turned and went back to her own table , where she was greeted with little ‘ Well done 's and furtive shoulder pats from her fellow diners . |
| 29 | She was juggling with two oranges . |
| 30 | At one stage she was issued with forged certificates of deposit for |