Example sentences of "she [was/were] [prep] [det] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was through all the ordeals now , and had only the journey to accomplish . |
| 2 | Anyway , she was above all the lads in our year — she liked stringing them along but she could n't have fallen for any of them . |
| 3 | Dressing for the afternoon , she wondered what Mrs Darrell was like , and whether she was worth all the tohu-bohu of preparing a slap-up tea , and being formally ‘ At Home ’ , which had resulted in even more work for McAllister , as Sally-Anne was increasingly beginning to think herself when she was being a maid of all work . |
| 4 | On her way back she was in such a state of euphoria that , in order to collect her thoughts , she pulled into the service road opposite the antique shop and sat for a few minutes . |
| 5 | And I have not , and I would n't want to unless she was in such a condition , can you manage to sit there like that for a moment while I 'll manage to go and get a pad ? |
| 6 | And she did not want Matthew to like and accept her now because he knew she was in such a sterling profession . |
| 7 | She was in such a hurry to leave the court , she almost knocked him over . |
| 8 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 9 | Why did this have to happen now , when she was in such a hurry to get back for Emily ? |
| 10 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |