Example sentences of "she was the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'd need one nostril up the fox 's arse today , ’ Nora heard a farmer say to the whipper-in , not knowing she was the other side of the hedge . |
| 2 | She was the ultimate picture of feminine beauty . |
| 3 | Then , she dreamed she was the Great Crocodile in the Moon . |
| 4 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 5 | Until 1990 , she was the assistant director of the Booksellers Association , where , among other duties , she was administrator of the Whitbread Book of the Year . |
| 6 | She was the female lead and therefore a rival . |
| 7 | She was the female student of her year . |
| 8 | So you see , that it is important for every coach in the country , even if he is giving a lesson to a child who does n't have any kind of tennis talent , to give the lesson as if he or she was the future Wimbledon champion . |
| 9 | Now , she she was the black sheep of the family . |
| 10 | She was the well-drilled Service wife . |
| 11 | ‘ She was the prime mover in this and has shown great determination . |
| 12 | No more the cutie , she was the serious seeker for information : " Tell me about afforestation . |
| 13 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 14 | As Hector had judged , she was the right shape for it . |
| 15 | She was the exiled Emperor 's niece : it was possibly harmless . |
| 16 | Brig Ramsey arrives from the Women 's Royal Army Corps ( WRAC ) , where she was the final director before its abolition last week under Options for Change . |
| 17 | Most memorably , in Hello Frisco Hello , ( 1943 ) , she was the upper crust lady who temporarily takes social-climber John Payne away from the saloon-singer Alice Faye . |
| 18 | Surely , if she was the caring person she makes out , she would insist on paying her dues . |
| 19 | It was difficult to know whether she had understood everything he had tried to explain to her about his being involved in a case in which she was the chief witness , about his career , and how he had a mother and sister to support . |
| 20 | She was the long-time partner of Jean-Paul Riopelle . |
| 21 | She was the only daughter of Eric Dillon , who was a grandson of the 16th Viscount Dillon , a zoologist . |
| 22 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |
| 23 | She was the only child in her town who had three medals . |
| 24 | She remembered when she was the only child at home , playing with her dolls on the rag rug before the fire and listening to the purring of the kettle on the hob , her mother singing as she worked in the back kitchen , waiting for the others to come home . |
| 25 | She was the only child , you see — he 'd no son — and she married Mr. Carolan and moved in high society . |
| 26 | Now she was the only person near enough Zambia could think of who could help hir . |
| 27 | She was the only person from whom he ever needed reassurance or would ever take it . |
| 28 | He was being hunted ; she was the only person in the world who knew where he would go to hide . |
| 29 | And Elizabeth knew that I knew all about her , and she also knew that she was the only person I 'd ever written to for a photograph . |
| 30 | Most of all , she was the only person he knew to whom he could talk without embarrassment , and it was a help that cycling side by side he did n't have to look at her as he tried to explain . |