Example sentences of "she [was/were] [prep] the middle " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Bernard was busy with flying lessons then she could be left in peace to get on with her work ; once he was back , if he wanted her to go somewhere with him , he would just say ‘ Come on Laura , we 're going , ’ and even if she were in the middle of a meeting , she would put away what she was doing and go . |
| 2 | She felt as if she were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 3 | Maggie could n't help but think she was in the middle of a death trap . |
| 4 | She was in the middle of making the porridge when Laura , a thick dressing-gown covering her night-clothes , put in an appearance . |
| 5 | She could not leave the house as she was in the middle of making our evening meal . |
| 6 | Waking very cold and aching , Perdita saw little red flames flickering across the great blue arch of sky and thought for a terrified second that she was in the middle of a forest fire . |
| 7 | She was in the middle of wringing the water out of a red rayon skirt she had been washing at the kitchen sink . |
| 8 | There was a pool of isolation and she was in the middle of it . |
| 9 | Charlie came in as she was in the middle of her obstetrical details , and , though now fairly accustomed to the patients , he was slightly taken aback . |
| 10 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 11 | She was in the middle of writing a report for the monthly meeting of the board of governors but she laid down her pen immediately . |
| 12 | My mum looked as if she was in the middle of being kidnapped . |
| 13 | She was in the middle of Act Three when he came into the library . |
| 14 | She was in the middle of making a salad dressing when someone rang her doorbell . |
| 15 | Rory shook her head disbelievingly , beginning to wonder if she was in the middle of a crazy dream . |
| 16 | He 'd called her Rory earlier in the evening — when they 'd been dancing , when he 'd kissed her and made her completely forget she was in the middle of a crowd of people . |