Example sentences of "as she [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she were in a hurry an' it were ready I said you 'd send on t' bill . ’ |
| 2 | There were still huge crowds of people hanging around the paddock , and Kate had quite a time , burdened as she was with the luggage , to push her way through . |
| 3 | Contented as she was with the house , Virginia was always to cast a glance over her shoulder at her sister , living just five miles away at Charleston . |
| 4 | As soon as she was on the road she began to run . |
| 5 | As long as she was on the train she was safe . |
| 6 | Juliet smelled them as soon as she was inside the house . |
| 7 | Very much shaken as she was by the assault , she nevertheless would not have voluntarily given up her job — but she did not get the choice . |
| 8 | Devastated as she was by the news of Liz and Owen 's terrible accident — and the knowledge that their lives were hanging by a thread — she was also feeling dazed and stunned at her husband 's dramatic reappearance in her life . |
| 9 | She could not leave the house as she was in the middle of making our evening meal . |
| 10 | Charlie came in as she was in the middle of her obstetrical details , and , though now fairly accustomed to the patients , he was slightly taken aback . |
| 11 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 12 | As soon as she was in the sack , it was a sack then , you wont get them now . |
| 13 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 14 | Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her . |
| 15 | As soon as she was in the bag , |