Example sentences of "she was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sinking down into a dream , aware only of the warmth of his body wrapped intimately against her own . |
| 2 | She was looking out of a window towards a view of the park . |
| 3 | The trickiest parts was keeping the feet with their fearsome claws underneath the body while she was lashed up like a parcel . |
| 4 | Before she left the Grand Hotel for the opening of the conference , she was chatted up by a ponderous Patrick Cormack , a chastened Colin Moynihan and an eager Charles Harvey . |
| 5 | She was run over by a car travelling at excessive speed and overtaking on the wrong side . |
| 6 | Frances Maidment has vivid memories of the day she was run over by a stolen car . |
| 7 | She was hanging around with a bunch of amateurs in Hell . |
| 8 | She was waved on by a sharp-eyed young officer , who boasted he could smell a smuggler from fifty yards away . |
| 9 | The woman suffered head injuries after she was mowed down by a car which mounted the pavement . |
| 10 | Cathy when I was in hospital in er a physiotherapy bit , where they , where they brought children in , erm there was this little girl and like she was riding round on a little bike , you know , so she 's quite , quite old and she had er , in , in brace , but her legs were like out at the side and her feet were pointing down and they 're pointing up , I 'm just a bit confused . |
| 11 | ‘ She was hung up with a rope round her neck . |
| 12 | She was holding on by a thread . |
| 13 | And when , within five weeks of returning from that injury , she was beaten up by a yob , she still did n't dream of quitting . |
| 14 | And , as she walked innocently along a street to collect holiday snaps before returning to Lancashire , she was cut down by a bullet meant for a soldier . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's nothing in the dock except maybe a couple of beer cans and a radio some clumsy bimbo dropped when she was teetering out of a punt in high heels . |
| 16 | She was going out with a friend of mine , but she came on so strong that she frightened him off . |
| 17 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 18 | She was going out to a party , I got a bucket of water , threw it over her head ! |
| 19 | She was going out to a party . |
| 20 | She 'd told her husband she was going out for a walk with their pet dog , Kirsty , when she was found the dog was still clinging to her . |
| 21 | Occasionally with him she had the sense she was going down through a hole in the floor . |
| 22 | She was weighed down with a confusing mixture of feelings that sometimes felt so mellow and piquant , it was almost pleasant . |
| 23 | In week 4 she was in bed by 8pm every night except one , when she was allowed up for a special event . |
| 24 | No girl , reported David Riesman , the sociologist , would go to a dance unless she was picked up in a car belonging to or driven by her escort , which was likely to be ‘ the second car ’ . |
| 25 | He noticed that she was puffing along with a glass held before her in both hands — he could smell whisky . |
| 26 | She was put on to a life-support machine , which her parents , Mike and Jackie , were told would be her constant companion . |
| 27 | She was put on to a life-support machine , which her parents , Mike and Jackie , were told would be her constant companion . |
| 28 | It was n't until she was put back on a different oral antibiotic — these work directly on the inflamed cells in the spots — that she started to notice a change . |
| 29 | Scooting down the side-aisle , she ducked past him and out of the shop , where she continued to run blindly until she was caught up against a solid chest . |
| 30 | Eventually , she was caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting — when she was depressed she ate , when she was bored she ate ; a box of cakes and half a dozen Mars bars in one session was nothing unusual . |