Example sentences of "[coord] she [was/were] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had been searching for Morthen , to protect her from his violent half-brother , but she was nowhere to be found . |
| 32 | But she was here for a little while now , and would be coming back in mid-April to get Luxembourg on . |
| 33 | But she was here for Steve and she would n't let him down . |
| 34 | Yes , she loved the finer things , but she was equally at home dressed as she was . |
| 35 | Dexter guessed she was deeply in love : not with her husband , with whom she was trapped in an unsuitable and corroded marriage ; nor even it seemed , although no one knew the secrets of the dead woman 's heart , with her older lover ; but she was certainly in love with herself , Dexter believed , and with her image on the screen . |
| 36 | I was never able to establish whether she was telling the truth — virtually all the hijras I talked to shrouded the facts of their lives in a thick wrap of fantasies — but she was certainly from a middle-class background and spoke fluent English . |
| 37 | But she was far from pleased . |
| 38 | It was said that Arkhina was among the most influential women of the Kha-Khan 's court , but she was too like her sister-in-law , his father 's wife , for him to be on good terms with her . |
| 39 | Rosen crossed towards the drinks trolley but she was there before him . |
| 40 | But she was still at the table , alone and looking across the river . |
| 41 | Dot Opened her eyes to glance sideways at Mrs Hollidaye but she was still in the same position , kneeling , so Dot lowered her lids and , though she had n't meant to she found herself thinking about Gloria , still asleep in that high bed with the soft eiderdown . |
| 42 | Both her parents were dead now , but she was still in close contact with her brothers and their families and the relationship was a good one . |
| 43 | But she was still in a state of turmoil as she put her bicycle away and entered the house . |
| 44 | But she was still in the grip of a puzzling weariness , and she could barely walk by her couch without feeling compelled to drop down on it for a short nap . |
| 45 | She had volunteered two days ‘ school run ’ , but she was forever on the phone , and Louis was well used to the delays and lateness in the family caused by his mother 's interminable phone conversations . |
| 46 | She was a cantankersome woman , but she was literally at death 's door . |