Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adj] [conj] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said oh I 'm ever so sorry , she said perhaps it 's your mother , I said no I said she was alive and kicking as well the last time I saw her so |
| 2 | I know it sounds crackers but we preferred it , " said one of the pit brow lasses who started working at the pit when she was fourteen and finished when the women 's work was abolished after nationalisation . |
| 3 | And she was delighted and discumknockerated when the King of the Diddymen took time off to congratulate her on her forthcoming wedding to Springfields maintenance fitter Tony Lindsay . |
| 4 | She told me she was pregnant and asked if I would baptise the baby . |
| 5 | She told me she was pregnant and asked if I would baptise the baby . |
| 6 | She was X-rayed and diagnosed as suffering from pleurisy or pneumonia . |
| 7 | She was evasive when asked if she still felt like killing herself . |
| 8 | She was astonished and sat as though turned to stone , her fingers thrust through the opening of his unbuttoned trousers . |
| 9 | She was surprised and offended when he left the room . |
| 10 | She was ready and waiting when Roman tapped on her door . |
| 11 | She was ready and waiting when Reception rang to say that Mr Gajdusek was there . |
| 12 | She was white and trembling when Marguerite walked back into the room , looking quite alarmed when her eyes fell on Jenna 's pale face . |