Example sentences of "she [was/were] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She was planning to get into university on demobilisation , to study history , and wherever she was posted she was accompanied by a large wooden crate of study books . |
| 3 | She was determined he should qualify as a doctor and just as determined that he should practise here . |
| 4 | She was determined he should go , a feeling reinforced by that odd unresolved little conversation with Wickham . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | She was determined it would be a success . |
| 7 | The moment she was seated he let her go , but she could still feel the imprint of his grip like iron wrapped in velvet . |
| 8 | When she was questioned she told the officer she had consumed two glasses of wine at the school Christmas concert . ’ |
| 9 | When she was dressed she went out into the square to ring Mother . |
| 10 | They were n't hurt or threatened verbally — in fact , apart from the message she was given they were n't spoken to at all . |
| 11 | Chrissie admits that these came from the store restaurant 's stocks , but claims that she was given them by Fred , the chef , in return for her helping out over her lunch break in the kitchen , which was short handed . |
| 12 | Chrissie admitted that these came from the store restaurant 's stocks , but claimed that she was given them by Fred — , the chef , in return for her helping out over her lunch break in the kitchen , which was short-handed . |
| 13 | China ( cinchona ) is a remedy which is indicated in this situation , and when she was given it , she rapidly regained her energy and vitality . |
| 14 | She certainly seemed to thrive on responsibility when she was given it . |
| 15 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |
| 16 | And when she was drunk she snored . |
| 17 | No sisters until mother got married again , and me sister as I call her now , she 's me of course my half sister , Jessie , she was born I 'd be about seventeen cos she did n't get married till after the First World War , remarried me step-father was in the forces and he fought , he actually fought in the Boer War so he was a a soldier in the Boer War and in what we call the Great War , nineteen fourteen to nineteen eighteen , but er I had a misfortune to lose the brother next to me , Frank , which he had what was common in those days tubercular trouble , tubercular tuberculosis affected the bowels , see he died in , on August the fourth nineteen eighteen in the old infirmary that now classed as the Manor Hospital , but that was the old infirmary cos we there was no widow 's pension in those days , our mother was a bridle stitcher and she used to do have an old fashioned clamp , have you ever seen the clamps that are leather , th tha they held them , the leather , she used to stitch bridles at home , we used to help her with waxing the threads have a leather apron and a bit of wax and pull the wax over the thread , and then roll it round till it was strong enough to thread it , we used to make the threads for her to er stitch the bridles . |
| 18 | ‘ When she was born she looked normal , but whenever her mother tried to cuddle her she screamed . |
| 19 | When she was born she had two sprouts of what seemed to be orange hay on her head . |
| 20 | ‘ When she was gone we felt miserable , angry with her and like criminals . |
| 21 | When she was gone he looked around . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She was sounding strained , and as always when she was over-extended she was being unnecessarily bossy . |
| 24 | Before she was killed she 'd been sexually abused . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Then she started running wildly through the streets , and when she was exhausted she stopped and burst into tears . |
| 27 | Already she was tired , and by the looks of the flat by the time she was finished she would be exhausted . |
| 28 | When she was released she had gained some weight , but it was fear of rehospitalisation rather than a true recovery that kept her from losing all the weight again . |
| 29 | Lorraine was in prison for 18 months , and when she was released she not only faced the prospect of rebuilding family life for her children , but also the pressure of having a husband still inside . |
| 30 | Her father Colin Harrison , 61 , said : ‘ The last time she was hurt I told her she may not be so lucky in future . ’ |