Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my friends thought she was pregnant and she told my mum before her own mum . |
| 2 | Her mouth was dry and she wished she had n't finished her coffee . |
| 3 | The child was right when she said it was people like that who did terrible things . |
| 4 | ‘ Anna was right when she said you should be asked to attend our little gathering . ’ |
| 5 | She was right when she said he could be a bastard , he really could . |
| 6 | anyway she went and had it done and erm she was upset after she had it done like it must of hurt you know she was crying |
| 7 | Ettedgui , who had supported Hamnett by selling her first clothes in his shops , was upset when she abandoned him in favour of Bertelsen , an oil-rich entrepreneur who arrived in London offering designer deals and retail arrangements in 1986 . |
| 8 | She tried to fight him , but her effort was half-hearted as she found herself carried away on an irresistible tide of longing . |
| 9 | ‘ I might have died , you mean , ’ said Julia in the first lawyerly voice of her convalescence and then was sorry when she saw his face . |
| 10 | Slightly put off by his failure to take any notice of her as she entered , her voice was hesitant as she greeted him in her best Spanish . |
| 11 | Her reply was crisp and she held his gaze , letting him see her anger . |
| 12 | That much was clear as she struck his hand away . |
| 13 | Even at that early stage in her career , Roddick knew she was different and she cultivated it . |
| 14 | She sipped absently , so desperate to remember who she was and how she came to be here that the mug was empty before she realised it . |
| 15 | It was risky and she knew it . |
| 16 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 17 | ‘ She wanted the world to know her life was perfect when she knew it was n't . ’ |
| 18 | His mother , from Newquay , Cornwall , was incensed when she heard what had happened in a letter written home by her son . |
| 19 | Although as a legacy of the Gullane incident , she felt that her father never fully trusted her again until his dying day , the shock , allied to the S.L.G.A 's threat of a ban , was such that she mended her ways at once . |
| 20 | Her answering smile was thoughtful as she watched him duck gracefully through the doorway . |
| 21 | She was horrified until she guessed he had lit a cigarette . |
| 22 | ‘ Known him long ? ’ he asked , but his face was expressionless and she knew he was only making polite conversation . |
| 23 | But elderly ladies make me feel uncomfortable and our small talk petered out ; I was glad when she said she must go and congratulate N'dosi and moved away . |
| 24 | She used the tone of voice she had used when he was little and she caught him doing something he had been expressly forbidden to do . |
| 25 | She was lucky to get let into the building by another resident who obviously recognised her , so Ace was unprepared when she rang his doorbell . |
| 26 | Lady Agatha , very chic in a cambric high gown and lace cap , was firm as she fixed her nephew with an unwavering stare . |
| 27 | It was cold in the narrow stairwell ; the metal banister was freezing when she touched it . |
| 28 | Still , it was good that she sought his advice . |
| 29 | He was poor when she married him . |
| 30 | She was happy when she starved herself of new clothes and expensive hairdressers , her bun gone , her blonde hair cut short , strict and styleless , by a merciless local hairdresser . |