Example sentences of "she [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 2 | He carried her as if she were no more than a disobedient child back down the path to the fountain . |
| 3 | With a brief nod , as though she were no more than a casual acquaintance , he closed the door . |
| 4 | And he had spoken of her as though she were no more than a female to be used and then discarded . |
| 5 | She knew it did n't make any sense , not after she had spent most of the day wishing she were a thousand miles away from Julius , but she suddenly felt rather desperately in need of human company — even Julius 's . |
| 6 | If she were a sixteen-year-old it would be understandable . |
| 7 | ‘ Sit down , ’ he repeated , his tone gentling her as though she were a wounded animal . |
| 8 | She were a fine-looking animal , and she 'd always give us trouble — but she could n't help it , poor owd gel . |
| 9 | Now her self-confidence fled as he raised his hat , gazing at her as if she were a total stranger . |
| 10 | She prowled and paused and placed her feet carefully , all as if she were a normal feline , but there was something woefully uncatlike about her performance . |
| 11 | Furious at being treated as if she were a brainless bimbo , she raised her eyebrows , giving him back such a measured look that he actually coloured a little and moved away . |
| 12 | The nurse looked at her as if she were a new species from a different planet . |
| 13 | If she were a good spit and-polish balabosteh like her Aunt Minna , where would I be now ? |
| 14 | She smiled at the few women clustered at the counter and acknowledged their somewhat surprised greetings , and was enormously grateful to Frank Green , the owner , for treating her as if she were a regular and valued customer instead of a virtual stranger . |
| 15 | On the instant , as if she were a hot coal , his hands dropped away from her . |
| 16 | The youths , being Moslems , were not having this from any woman , even if she were a great lady , and things would have gone ill for Zeinab if Owen had not arrived at that moment , on his way to her flat . |
| 17 | Yet he would cosset Rebecca as if she were a tender plant that needed nurturing . |
| 18 | In such a situation of role confusion and role strains a person at the end of the line is not disposed to react to new policy initiatives from above as if he or she were a mere functionary . |
| 19 | They were all having a packet of chips and fish — whoever fetched them I do n't know , cos they were all up for a good age : tell you , she were a hundred just in St Patrick 's Day . |
| 20 | Alex turned to her and spoke each word loudly and clearly as if she were a subnormal child . |
| 21 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 22 | And he was sure Blanche shared his opinion : she was squinting at the TV presenter as if she were a small but fascinating object in a museum . |
| 23 | His coat fronts were pulled about her while he nursed her as though she were a small child . |
| 24 | He no longer resented her ; he spoke to her as if she were a human being and was occasionally seen smiling . |
| 25 | She had to keep up this act until well into old age ; there was a tacit understanding that her decline should be ignored , and that poems , tributes and honours of all kinds should still be heaped upon her as though she were a beautiful young Princess . |
| 26 | She were a beautiful bay mare with feet like butcher 's blocks . |
| 27 | That he could sit there so calmly , issuing orders as if she were a naughty schoolgirl , simply beggared belief . |
| 28 | ‘ She were a big stroppolin' mawther [ girl ] . ’ |
| 29 | But her mother , who was hostile to facts , had gone on entertaining for her as if she were a chaste child just emerging from school . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh aye , she were a gradely lass , were our ‘ Ilda . |