Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all . |
| 2 | As it came nearer she saw that it was a little man in his mid-forties . |
| 3 | For now she found that it was there , an entity — not quite picture , not quite story — demanding sense and shape : expression . |
| 4 | well she said because it 's good security for the , for the girls . |
| 5 | Surely she knew that it was fatal to let Ross anywhere near her ? |
| 6 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 7 | It was then she understood that it was not too late to stay . |
| 8 | For a moment Lucy had thought that it was Jeanette McArdle , but then she realised that it was n't . |
| 9 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 10 | Then she saw that it was a grey bird like a station pigeon , yet not trapped beneath a glass roof but sitting freely outside amongst fluttering leaves . |
| 11 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 12 | Then she remembered that it was only a selection of the poems he had been reading and she did not need to speculate further , for — much to her surprise — he began to read |
| 13 | And then she remembered that it was Sunday — which was her aunt 's afternoon for visiting friends . |
| 14 | If indeed she had and it was n't just Feargal 's own assumptions . |
| 15 | On the first morning , after a night in a Lycée bed , they all went to a preliminary reception at the Hôtel de Ville : Clara went , politely willing , but when she got there she found that it was a gigantic , milling , stifling insult . |
| 16 | When she got there she found that it was rather full , but being a regular churchgoer she did not mind going up to the front where there were plenty of empty pews . |