Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] she [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make . |
| 2 | With an uncharacteristic spurt of mischief she added that she was considering the matter . |
| 3 | She heard the lady 's voice but she had no idea what she was saying until a sharpness in Miss Beard 's tone signified that she was repeating the same remark . |
| 4 | She heard the sound of another car behind her , and saw that she was blocking the narrow road . |
| 5 | She , too , felt that she was denied the opportunity to make a genuine contribution , in cooperation with the professionals , to the understanding of Tom 's needs and the circumstances in which they were being created . |
| 6 | Dr Neil knew that she was speaking the truth about what had happened to her . |
| 7 | So I went along there cos I thought if she was painting the children will be frozen and nothing to sit on and no |
| 8 | An accidental death verdict has been recorded on a woman who died after she was given the wrong blood during an operation . |
| 9 | ‘ Listen — you know how worried she sounded when she was interviewed the other day ? |
| 10 | She explained that she was chairing the meeting in the absence of Elizabeth Varley , who is ill . |
| 11 | He wondered if she were telling the truth and decided that it hardly mattered . |
| 12 | Helen wondered if she was seeing the first moment of a gathering hysteria . |