Example sentences of "she was [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At least I did not recognize her ; but then she was such a shrinking , washed-out-creature — when later I had lunch with one of Eliot 's former doctors he described her as ‘ an ugly little thing ’ , which was rather unkind and hardly accurate — that she could easily have escaped notice .
2 She was such a heroine in her own way because it was not possible to give her the attention and comfort she deserved yet she never complained .
3 She was such a bitch !
4 She was such a liar .
5 She was such a stranger to herself now ; it was no use trying to understand anything she did .
6 And then felt , suddenly , that she was all the things Nick had said .
7 She looked into the eyes of this human peacock and found herself at a complete loss for words ; and he too seemed surprised by this girl who had agreed to be his bride : he looked up at her ( she was half a head taller than he ) in a way that she might have interpreted as hostile had she not been in too much of a turmoil herself to notice it .
8 Laden with parcels , she was half an hour late for her luncheon appointment , and Lowell seated at a table near the window , was already waiting for her .
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