Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time Penny said of Diana : ‘ If she were to fall in love with someone prepared to go through hell , fire and water — not to mention Royal opposition — for her , she might think about separation . ’ |
| 2 | She looked as if she were drowning in a goldfish tank . |
| 3 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 4 | Now , if she were seated in her old place , wedged between the window and Penini , with his mother opposite encircled in her husband 's arms , or , if the men rode alongside or travelled on the outside of the carriage , sitting with her mistress while Pen and Flush lay on the other seat — now she would feel stifled , trapped , longing to get out . |
| 5 | Fand looked stranger than ever , her face fixed and old as if she were withering in this icy fire . |
| 6 | And she were living in the parks . |
| 7 | Mentally , Mrs Stych felt as if she were writhing in her death agonies . |
| 8 | You know , what she were wearing in the book ? |
| 9 | There were times when Rose felt as if she were split in half — an interesting rather than a painful experience . |
| 10 | Why should she feel like this : as if she were engaged in something illegal ? |
| 11 | She felt almost naked , as if she were parading in her chemise . |
| 12 | Her tiredness seemed to soak away from her , as though she were lying in warm water ; she felt not only welcome , but positively needed . |
| 13 | Wincing involuntarily , feeling as if she were groping in a dark quicksand , she said quickly , ‘ Business … ’ |
| 14 | And she were wet through , she were laid in side of cooker |
| 15 | She felt as though she were suffocating in the heat , as though it were stopping her nostrils , sealing her mouth , and when she tried to breathe it forced itself down into her stomach and made her heave . |
| 16 | What I was on about me ringing is , she were talking in town , I says , oh , you know we 're Bi I says if ever , I were talking about you first off |
| 17 | Lee was cold suddenly as if she were sitting in a seawind . |
| 18 | She also felt as if she were sitting in front of a bespectacled lunatic who was making things up as he went along . |
| 19 | What if she were to look in earlier editions ? |
| 20 | She felt as if she were floating in limbo , beyond conscience , beyond responsibility and even beyond reality . |
| 21 | With his eyes closed he could see her as clearly as if she were standing in front of him . |
| 22 | But now she felt cocooned in her own private shell of misery , as cut off from the noise and activity around her as if she were frozen in ice . |
| 23 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 24 | She was joined in court today BY her husband George , seen here in the white jacket . |
| 25 | The next sentence begins a new paragraph : ‘ When all was over , she was covered in confusion . ’ |
| 26 | Her eyes were dull and she was covered in scars and wounds . |
| 27 | By the time she had fed them with the filthy stuff , she was covered in oil and stuck all over with cotton fly . |
| 28 | She was covered in cold sweat , her chest heaving . |
| 29 | From her throat to her feet she was covered in velvet and gold , furs and silk and jewelled embroidery . |
| 30 | She was covered in a mass of little red marks like mosquito bites . |