Example sentences of "[adv] she [was/were] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | famous as Father , but presently she was in a home for inebriates |
| 2 | Now here she was with a toff ! |
| 3 | She described how she was at a butcher 's shop when she noticed James had gone . |
| 4 | Hartlepool schoolgirl Sarah Gascoigne , who missed the county championships when she was on a family holiday in America , was five seconds outside the qualifying time in the junior girls ' 800 metres with a time of 2:25.0 but she cleared 1.50 metres as a guest in the high jump , four centimetres inside the English Schools qualifying height . |
| 5 | ‘ He met a French schoolgirl called Falrinne when she was on a study course in Falmouth and was keen to see her again , ’ Mr Ian Taylor , prosecuting , said , ‘ but the only way he could get across the Channel was to take a boat . |
| 6 | She did everything loudly : loud sneeze , loud blowing of the nose , loud banging of doors when she was in a temper ; she would march ( she always marched ) into the kitchen , clattering all the saucepan lids to see what was for supper , saying ‘ brrr ’ and turning up the heater , turning on the telly , tapping her foot to the music . |
| 7 | Fenella stayed where she was for a moment , still staring up at the imprisoned Nuadu . |