Example sentences of "she [was/were] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ The minority ] believes that no good would come to children , husband or wife if she were given the protection of the criminal law . |
| 2 | She , too , felt that she was denied the opportunity to make a genuine contribution , in cooperation with the professionals , to the understanding of Tom 's needs and the circumstances in which they were being created . |
| 3 | On Nov. 9 she was declared the winner with 51.9 per cent support ( after the redistribution of second preference votes ) . |
| 4 | She was determined the wedding would be one for the young blind girl to remember , even though it was not likely to be attended by any of the Wychwood gipsies who had been at Boz 's marriage to Nahum 's sister . |
| 5 | The greater light was , of course , the sun which , in early mythology , was considered masculine while the moon was feminine and in some cultures , she was called The Queen of Heaven . |
| 6 | She had come to painting late but after the exhibition of ‘ Angela ’ in 1900 , an Impressionistic portrait of a woman at a mantelpiece in a shimmering , full-skirted dress , she was made the first female member of the New English Art Club . |
| 7 | Both VLCCs and ULCCs were used , including the ill-fated Seawise Giant , at the time she was hit the largest ship afloat at 564,739 tonnes . |
| 8 | She was given the chance to leave the camp on a number of occasions , but she waived the right so that others might go . |
| 9 | She was constitutionally a Kali Carb. patient and she was given the 10M but sustained a long aggravation followed by weakening of her condition . |
| 10 | Wisely she was given the Popplewell season . |
| 11 | Earlier this year she was given the all clear and joined Dreamflight as a helper . |
| 12 | ‘ One of the film crew dived in and carried her to safety and she was given the kiss of life . |
| 13 | When they found her she was given the kiss of life . |
| 14 | She was given the £795 watercolour by illustrator Michael Frith as a present for opening the fair . |
| 15 | STUNNING pop singer Sophie B. Hawkins was upset when she was given the thumbs down to appearing in a white sumo-style nappy in her new video . |
| 16 | And she was given the honour of cutting the tape to open the pitch officially , along with ex-Cornard pupil and Sudbury Hockey Club goalkeeper Wayne Athey . |
| 17 | She was given the special responsibility of taking care of me , and I owe her my life . |
| 18 | But things were mixed up and while she received the soul of a man , she was given the body of a woman . ’ |
| 19 | The debt was cleared , and she was given the opportunity to live without fear . |
| 20 | An accidental death verdict has been recorded on a woman who died after she was given the wrong blood during an operation . |
| 21 | She was given the use of the Two Bees nightclub and its equipment free of charge . |
| 22 | She was sent the script for one of the episodes — she has never said by whom — and was so enraged by one scene in which the councillor was to have been seen leaving a prostitute 's room doing up his trousers , that she sent it straight to the Postmaster General , the Minister responsible . |
| 23 | She was born the same day in 1877 that Alexander Graham Bell launched his first telephone company and became a teacher when just 13 . |
| 24 | Last year she was elected the Best under 21 Young Farmer and now at 22 , enjoys her involvement with the club , her work at and recreation of playing hockey and country pursuits . |
| 25 | While she was gone the old lady looked across at Wycliffe . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , she was killed the night before last ; but she could have gone missing some time before that . ’ |
| 27 | On March 13 , 1956 , she was assigned the Maintenance Command serial 7325M , for display purposes . |
| 28 | In 1960 she joined the Sunday Express in London , where her news experience and personality quickly singled her out and in 1962 she was appointed the paper 's chief American correspondent , choosing to cross the Atlantic by Cunarder . |
| 29 | The defendant must establish not only that the plaintiff consented to the risk but also that he or she agreed that if he or she was injured the loss should be his or hers and not the defendant 's . |
| 30 | After she was withdrawn the family accepted another support worker . |