Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was looking calmer . |
| 2 | Physically , she was looking better than Harriet had seen her in a long while . |
| 3 | She was looking better already and he nodded in satisfaction . |
| 4 | She was looking younger now , and brighter-eyed . |
| 5 | Or if she was looking older , if she had changed at all . |
| 6 | And when we got there she was shouting louder than anyone ! ’ |
| 7 | It was noticeable , among other things , that she was drinking faster than anybody else . |
| 8 | She was getting better at knowing what to do when people were sick and asked them how it had happened . |
| 9 | I think that 's why she said she was getting better when she was n't . ’ |
| 10 | But as the evening moved on she discovered she was getting better at her job . |
| 11 | ‘ She had been depressed during the last 18 months but I thought she was getting better . |
| 12 | After all that , she 'd been just ‘ Madam ’ for a while , which might have indicated that she was getting older or grander , except that she always looked just the same , never any older . |
| 13 | I was laughing about with er what 's , I 'm gon na write er a note to my chi er letter to my children for , you know , before very long no good thinking about it , well you would n't think about it after when it 's too late , but my kids have been a you know a great comfort the four from my first Joan , Joan has too , she 's been a dear but we had the same problems when she was getting older . |
| 14 | She was whirling higher and higher , her body finding for itself a rhythm it had never been taught , till unknowingly she cried his name aloud , unable to contain the feelings building to explosion point a second longer . |
| 15 | Then he strode over to Mum and pulled her to her feet , although her face was still buried in the apron and she was wailing louder than ever . |
| 16 | She was feeling better after a night 's rest — surprisingly , she had slept well . |
| 17 | Once in the flat , with Brian having departed promising to see what he could do about an early appointment with Dr Shalcross , she tried to tell herself that she was feeling better , that this break was all she needed , that coming to London was the answer to any temporary difficulty . |
| 18 | But he was beaming at her innocently , glad to see that she was feeling better . |
| 19 | She was feeling better , if a little unsteady , already . |
| 20 | She was feeling calmer . |
| 21 | Fifteen minutes later , however , and Fabia 's anger , like her shower water , had drained away , and she was feeling unhappier than she ever had in her life . |
| 22 | ‘ It depends , ’ she said : she was feeling happier since Memet had arrived but would not have dreamed of telling him so . |
| 23 | In fact , she was feeling lighter-hearted already . |
| 24 | The fresh air from the moor made her hungry , and she was becoming stronger and healthier . |
| 25 | She was n't the shape for running , she decided , although she was growing taller suddenly — too tall for her liking , because Midnight was only fourteen and a bit hands . |
| 26 | She was growing warmer now and drowsier . |
| 27 | She was growing warmer now , and more alert . |