Example sentences of "she were [verb] [prep] " 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 twisted in the seat to peer at every building , her eyes seeking the upper windows above shops rather than the goods on display , as if she were looking for someone . |
| 3 | But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . |
| 4 | But there was more than that — it was almost as if she were looking for something . |
| 5 | He handed her the file , watching her flick through it quickly , again as if she were looking for something specific . |
| 6 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 7 | So she jumped up , grabbed the pencil and everything , she got a screwdriver first , I thought she were gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were looking for a pencil |
| 8 | Her expression was one of utter distaste , as though she were looking at something a dog had done in the middle of the floor . |
| 9 | The hours spent beneath the apple tree assumed a distorted quality as though she were looking at them through an unfocused lens . |
| 10 | When weddings were weddings , and the scullery maid would faint if she were seen by her ladyship in the wrong part of the house not attending to her duties , there were rules of etiquette and runic codes to cover every contingency . |
| 11 | Mrs Gray sounded as though she were trying to be fair . |
| 12 | Just for a moment she felt paralysed , as though she were bolted to her seat . |
| 13 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 14 | Seated in the tube train , she felt as if she were thundering through the earth in a time-capsule , guided by a power greater than herself , without real roots or destination . |
| 15 | ‘ You looked wonderful , ’ she said , as if she were speaking to a ten-year-old after a school play . |
| 16 | If she were to insist on veal goulash , for example , all would be lost . |
| 17 | She looked as if she were drowning in a goldfish tank . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Folly felt as if she were struggling against a tide . |
| 21 | As she spoke she felt as if she were stepping into Jake 's craziness , becoming part of it . |
| 22 | Fand looked stranger than ever , her face fixed and old as if she were withering in this icy fire . |
| 23 | And she were living in the parks . |
| 24 | And er , it went wrong so she took her daughter 's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I 'll take it this Sunday and I 'll fix it for you , of course with John working away he took the television |
| 25 | Mentally , Mrs Stych felt as if she were writhing in her death agonies . |
| 26 | The last time I saw her she looked yellow and thin — as if she were made of some dry , friable material and would crumple into sand if you touched her . |
| 27 | At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china . |
| 28 | The buzzard flew to the king 's palace , waited , perching in an oak tree , until the princess came out for her evening stroll , and then picked her up and carried her back to the forest , holding her as carefully as if she were made of rose petals . |
| 29 | And the buzzard , who had been waiting hidden in the branches of- an oak tree , swooped down , picked her up as carefully as if she were made of rose petals , and carried her back to the forest . |
| 30 | He thought she might not have a heart , or tried to explain away her indifference by imagining she were made of obsidian through and through . |