Example sentences of "thing she [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next thing she knew was a cup held against her mouth . |
| 2 | One thing she knew was that you had to keep quiet around fish , or so men would have you believe . |
| 3 | She must have slept , or drifted into unconsciousness again , for the next thing she knew was that Fen was shaking her , urgently , his voice rough with concern . |
| 4 | Two of the men now hoisted her up , and when she was seated in the chair she slowly opened her eyes , and the first thing she saw was the great broad face of Betty Felton . |
| 5 | Hari looked over the woman 's shoulder and the first thing she saw was the leather boots standing on the table . |
| 6 | The last thing she saw was the audience of men gazing at her curiously as her body was handled like a lump of meat . |
| 7 | The first thing she saw was the white dog , back from its stroll , seated on a rag rug in front of a two-bar electric fire , beating its tail leisurely yet rhythmically … thump … thumppp … in time to the slow , pulsing beat of the air on the fiddle . |
| 8 | But when she entered the little kitchen the first thing she saw was the flowers . |
| 9 | The first thing she saw was a hand , old , bent with arthritis , clutching a book . |
| 10 | Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY ! |
| 11 | She stormed off and away and the last thing she saw was Felipe helping Mitch out of the pool , his dark face still lightened by a very wide grin . |
| 12 | The first thing she saw was the fresh blood staining his sleeve . |
| 13 | It was the only thing she 'd been wearing that had n't come away when they undressed . |
| 14 | The only thing she 'd been worried about was Jake finding out . |
| 15 | The only thing she 'd been trying to do was calm Guido down and defuse the situation . |
| 16 | The only thing she understood was that having told Eliot she would help Shildon , it was impossible for her to back out . |
| 17 | The first thing she understood was the plain and simple reason for those negative feelings she had originally experienced on seeing how well her daughter and Alexander got on together . |
| 18 | And the second thing she understood was the reason why she was indeed so desperate to keep him at a distance . |
| 19 | In fact she and her friend Sophie Kimball spoke English all the time and the only thing she cultivated was her skiing . |
| 20 | The first thing she asked was if I had done what I promised |
| 21 | Close behind him followed Alain Lemarchand , looking more suspicious than intrigued , and Glyn said the very thing she had been praying for . |
| 22 | The truth shall set you free , but oh , the truth of her past had not done that — it had simply shown her what a selfish , unthinking thing she had been that first Terry Rourke , and then Havvie Blaine could have exploited her so . |
| 23 | The only thing she had been able to think of doing was going after Lori and getting the jade back herself . |
| 24 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
| 25 | Almost the first thing she said was that a madman had escaped from Rampton and killed someone in the kitchen . |
| 26 | The last thing she said was addressed to Bodie . |
| 27 | Yet when he had finished the first thing she said was , ‘ But you have n't really talked of the most important thing — the other eagles who were with you . |
| 28 | I was now even more impatient to see Mr Rochester , but when I was having tea with Mrs Fairfax in the afternoon , the first thing she said was , ‘ It 's fine weather for the master 's journey . ’ |
| 29 | The only thing she said was that she had not made any friends . ’ |
| 30 | First thing she said was I 'll have to get my |