Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't actually say , ‘ Please hurry up , oh please hurry up , ’ but she might just as well have done : her mouth twitched as if she were muttering it inwardly , her eyes kept darting to the clock on the mantelpiece and there were red , nervous spots on her cheeks . |
| 2 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 3 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 4 | I says to her when she were leaving it , I says to her there 's people that swear and that . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're really thirty , ’ said Catriona , trying to sound as if she were pretending she did n't believe it . |
| 6 | Afterwards , looking back , Sara knew that if she were asked she would put a circle round this evening , this particular point in time , and say , " That 's when the heartache began , " a tiny little pain to begin with , no more than a tremor of consciousness , the veriest pinprick . |
| 7 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 8 | On the bus home that day , she wondered what her parents would have to say , if she were to ask them about it . |
| 9 | At one point Eva turned and gesticulated towards me , as if she were taking him to task for something he 'd done to me . |
| 10 | in January the , she were telling me they delivered hundred and fifty nine new cars . |
| 11 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 12 | And I could see that this she were telling me . |
| 13 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 14 | Yeah when Joyce went she were learning them to bake she says |
| 15 | Teresa 's on about erm a she were asking me if anybody 'd be interested into going on to higher er education after this ? |
| 16 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 17 | Well , somebody said she were having again , I thought she were having them like . |
| 18 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 19 | And she were doing it full-time and then she went she had children and then she went part-time . |
| 20 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 21 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 22 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 23 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 24 | She were giving it to dog ! |
| 25 | It crossed Cora-Beth 's mind that this girl 's feelings towards Harry might well change if she were to meet him again after an absence of two years , but she bit back her words , fearing that the suggestion , were she to make it , might put the idea into his head . |
| 26 | Even if she were to write she knew she would never post the letter . |
| 27 | Aye , she were washing them or summat and he were annoying her so she threw them all . |
| 28 | she were going it , she were going home , ten to six and they just , can we |
| 29 | If she were to marry him as he wanted , and , indeed , as her mother wanted , she would enjoy all these assets . |
| 30 | Dawn seems hostile enough already , but if she were to marry him she would take a proprietorial interest in his practice . |