Example sentences of "she [was/were] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was determined he should qualify as a doctor and just as determined that he should practise here . |
| 2 | She was determined he should go , a feeling reinforced by that odd unresolved little conversation with Wickham . |
| 3 | ‘ She is a police officer and naturally in the light of her vocation she was determined he was not going to get away with it . |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ he would reply shortly , thinking she was implying he was mad — insane — with desire for her ( which , in a way , he was ) . |
| 5 | The moment she was seated he let her go , but she could still feel the imprint of his grip like iron wrapped in velvet . |
| 6 | When she was gone he looked around . |
| 7 | When she was gone he turned and looked after her , feeling the touch of her still , the warmth on his cheek where she had kissed him . |
| 8 | She wanted to tell him that she had n't meant a word she had said , but if she did he would think she was hoping he was the rich man she had talked about . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , Muggeridge said she was complaining he never takes her anywhere . |
| 10 | Without hesitation , she set off in pursuit , unable to think beyond the fact that he would be lost , not even considering that if she was dismissed he was no longer her responsibility . |
| 11 | She was going he ai n't really nice . |
| 12 | Mrs Woods , of Bridlington , refused to send Tommy back to school until she was guaranteed he would be allowed to sit with the other children . |
| 13 | She nodded mutely , and while she did as she was told he went over to the bed where Effie had begun to writhe and cry out , and her pains , which were erratic , had started again — that they were so erratic was another bad sign , Dr Neil quietly explained . |
| 14 | With the way she was shaking he probably thought she was about to fall to pieces at any moment . |
| 15 | And when she was unseated he turned his wrath on those he saw as traitors |
| 16 | He promoted her above her ability and she was saying he had promised she could travel the world first class . ’ |
| 17 | It was more than five years since she had seen him and she was saying he had n't changed . |