Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] she [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was strangled all right , or I suppose she was . |
| 2 | ‘ I knew that Alan liked the odd drink but it was n't until we were living together that I realised her was more or less an alcoholic , and violent with it . ’ |
| 3 | It was n't until she was really ill that I realised she was mine and I loved her more than anything . |
| 4 | er , it got that bad that I thought she was taking the piss out of me . |
| 5 | So alien was it to see Mary Joe playing that way that I suspect she was injured and an android had been substituted , and wrongly programmed . |
| 6 | When I was in Moscow , my grandmother was with me and everything that I wanted she was doing for me and I was a little girl who had everything . |
| 7 | My mum and dad had been through a very bad divorce , so I suppose she was frightened of being too strict and pushing me away , in case I turned against her . |
| 8 | While I was lying there staring at the ceiling counting the number of tiles I heard a girl going ‘ ouch , ouch that hurts ’ , when I looked over she was having difficulty with the needle going in and I noticed she was barely gripping the nice bit of perspex . |
| 9 | She tried hard to remember , and I realised she was a touch drunk . |
| 10 | ‘ She was floating face down and I thought she was dead . ’ |
| 11 | The person started to read their paper on Moses , and I thought she was doing a good job of it , this guy suddenly got up and said , I 'm Jewish , I 'm not listening to any more of this , and stormed out . |
| 12 | Although a lifelong Labour voter , influenced by the poverty she saw as a teacher , Mrs Hughes spoke of how Mrs Thatcher ‘ gave me a lovely tour of No 10 and I thought she was such a nice person ’ . |
| 13 | I just wonder if she and Cathy might like to come because she did say to me , how is Cathy and I said she was |
| 14 | My Mrs Hewitt from the Lake District was so nice and I felt she was an old friend , but we wanted to talk about our Christmas shopping , not books . |
| 15 | The person was a friend and I knew she was a healer — although , as you will have realised , I had little idea what a healer was or did . |
| 16 | I had only to look at her , and I knew she was glad . |
| 17 | The others seemed to forget Heathcliff , but I noticed Catherine could not eat much , and I knew she was sorry for her friend . |
| 18 | She fell silent for a moment and I saw she was watching the long heaving waves slip past our flanks . |
| 19 | When I got up I saw a friend by my side with a lot of blood , and I saw she was dead . |
| 20 | Rhoda Annie Dent was her full name and I understand she was once invited to speak on the Queen Mary during one voyage . |
| 21 | A few years back I got a girl pregnant and I think she was forced to have an abortion , which is opposite to Lesley . |
| 22 | Now that was her excuse but there is some evidence to say that she 'd got a big investment in weaving machine and I think she was a little bit worried er that these might take over from . |
| 23 | She loved Moorlake House , you know , and I think she was trying to ensure the safety of its future . |
| 24 | Erm he was speaking and I think she was singing ! |
| 25 | And I think she was |
| 26 | I reminded her that , since she would be doing this under hypnosis , it was still possible to use the detachment technique if I thought she was becoming distressed in any way . |
| 27 | Cos I mean she was |
| 28 | She sounded really cheesed off about I said how 's your revision going , cos I knew she was doing revision , she went cccckkk I try a maths paper and I ca n't do that , and I a chemistry paper and I ca n't do that and I really . |
| 29 | She had also said she would not be lonely and dull , but I knew she was ; far from shops and with no companionship but mine . |
| 30 | I pulled the knife out slightly but I knew she was dead . ’ |