Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] she [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when we had eaten tea she said she was going to play the harmonium . |
| 2 | A qualified doctor working as a senior houseman in a hospital pathology department she discovered she was pregnant in November 1988 . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was the contrast between this leggy blonde journalist who claimed she was Polish and his aunt , so pale , so retiring . |
| 4 | She had miscalculated her dates , so when she went into labour she thought she was only five months pregnant and having a miscarriage . |
| 5 | Rachel sat for a moment as the wind playfully tossed a handful of leaves on to the bonnet of the car , and as she turned the key in the ignition she realised she was trembling . |
| 6 | The dizzy feeling in her head intensified , and with an abrupt surge of panic she knew she was about to black out . |
| 7 | Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back . |
| 8 | A HOSPITAL consultant who claimed she was sacked after speaking out against nursing shortages won her appeal against dismissal yesterday . |
| 9 | But again I was told that he was away from the office , and a girl who said she was his secretary could give no clear indication of when he was expected back . |
| 10 | Last gift to proud parents from brave girl who knew she was going to die |
| 11 | And we went all round the bed and we went all round outside , we went all through the back smelt outside Jane 's door in case she 'd she were on fire could n't find nothing , sat down and read , he said it 's cos the telly 's on and I expect it 's damp and it 's you know |
| 12 | Get some movement out there we had a young , a young lady who er she name and she 's up front in the cabinet you know every opportunity she had she was looking for round the room , but not sort of in the round the outside all the time and it 's just that she wanted to be with a group of people all the time . |
| 13 | For a moment I thought she was going to faint . |
| 14 | For a moment I thought she was going the same way as her father . |
| 15 | For a moment she thought she was going to have a battle on her hands , then he relaxed , holding up his palms in a gesture of peace . |
| 16 | For a moment she thought she was dreaming again and that her dream had turned Water Gypsy into an ocean-going vessel . |
| 17 | It scared her , but as she glanced secretly across at the face she had never forgotten for one moment she realised she was more excited than scared . |
| 18 | For a moment she wished she were on the top floor of a very , very high skyscraper . |
| 19 | For one aching , unguarded moment she wished she were back in his arms , nestled against his hard body . |
| 20 | She moved her head as he crossed the room and for a moment he thought she was going to speak to him . |
| 21 | He watched it move towards the cup and saucer and for a moment he thought she was going to take her coffee , get up and leave him . |
| 22 | For a moment he thought she was going to hit him , and then her face turned crimson , her mouth started to bang to and fro like a door in a gale force wind and a sound came down her nose that suggested she had just swallowed a quart of White ’ s Cream Soda . |
| 23 | Did he hope by that means to get at some truth he thought she was concealing ? |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think Zambia is the person everyone thought SHe was , ’ she said . |
| 25 | Tell her they were sent by a friend who heard she was ill . |
| 26 | In court she said she was just being sarcastic . |
| 27 | Returning across the square she felt she was going home ; not for one moment did she confuse such a place with the Aber House Hotel . |
| 28 | The lad 's prize was a silver shilling , the maids got a shilling and a kiss , and Mrs. Jarrett — well , for one terrified minute she thought she was due a kiss , too , but instead she had a stately one-round waltz on the meadow with the master , while everyone else laughed 206 or cheered or sang their own idea of a waltz tune . |
| 29 | To her intense chagrin she found she was blushing deeply . |
| 30 | Firstly I had a phone call from a very new knitter who complained she was getting loops at the end of her knitting and dropped stitches along the row all the time . |