Example sentences of "that she [was/were] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the glass she saw that she was on a shelf in the potion laboratory and the tall figure of her form-mistress was swirling out of the door . |
| 2 | And Violet Hunt , loyally selling copies at half-price in her drawing room , confesses in her memoir I Have This to Say that she was at a loss to explain why the damned were damned , and the blest were blest . |
| 3 | professional advice about Elizabeth 's unhappiness was that she was in a state of ‘ mourning ’ and that time would improve matters . |
| 4 | Suddenly , and for almost the first time in her life , apart from in her dreams , Marie felt that she was in a position of power . |
| 5 | The two had a son , Neville , and it was not until after the war years that she was in a position to resume her golfing career . |