Example sentences of "she was [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought about him a good deal , and she was troubled because she could n't feel sure about her feelings towards him . |
| 2 | She had a breach to heal , and although she was the sufferer , in more ways than one , she was determined that she would do the healing . |
| 3 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 4 | And erm She was determined that she would have a go her own , the following week . |
| 5 | She was determined that there would be no reconciliation , and even though she had found that the sound of his voice reminded her vividly and immediately that she had loved him and could do so again she lay smiling with pleasure at the sheer satisfaction of unforgivingness . |
| 6 | She was damned if she would give in so easily . |
| 7 | She was damned if she would be put through a third degree by this raving lunatic who seemed to have a fixation about someone called Lotta . |
| 8 | She was damned if she 'd call him Master , speaking like that . |
| 9 | She was baffled when she could n't give herself , or would n't give herself , a satisfactory answer . |
| 10 | A member of the BPR , she had just entered the state university , the UES , to Study journalism when she was asked whether she would like to take up the work : |
| 11 | Smiling but looking frail , she was asked if she would be taking things gently , and replied : ‘ A little . ’ |
| 12 | Smiling but looking frail , she was asked if she would be taking things gently , and replied : ‘ A little . ’ |
| 13 | Only her friend Antonia knew where she was headed and she could be trusted to keep a secret . |
| 14 | She was assured that he would be . |
| 15 | She was gone before they could utter a sound and arrived at her own room grinning widely , pleased with herself and only a little upset that Felipe was with that woman . |
| 16 | But she was gone before I could finish asking her for help , borne away by three identically dressed musketeers , waving her whip in the air , and lost in the crowds again . |
| 17 | He sounded weary and she was reminded that he must be very tired . |
| 18 | After giving a blood sample , she was told that she would have a one-in-50,000 chance of saving a life . |
| 19 | She was smiling a pleased smile , and working things out ; I think it must have been the afternoon ( the only time she visited my primary school ) she was told that I 'd be going into the eleven-plus class and so ( because everyone in the class passed the exam ) would be going to grammar school . |
| 20 | ‘ She was murdered before she could talk about it . ’ |
| 21 | She was murdered before she could call for help . |
| 22 | She was advised that she could not receive homoeopathic treatment because the fund-holding practice had no appropriate contract . |
| 23 | Having signed on and said that she was looking for a job as a research scientist , she was advised that she should think again . |