Example sentences of "she was [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was content with twigs and cells , or so it seemed . |
| 2 | and , anyway she was poorly for days and this Rita had just come on , poorly for days |
| 3 | The daughter of Bustino appeared to have no chance at halfway on that first outing , since she was well in arrears of the front-running hot-pot Hawker Hunter . |
| 4 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
| 5 | Now she was worrying about motives . |
| 6 | She was good at heads — she 'd done several of us , from memory . |
| 7 | Then he give up , he got , you know , older and we bought the pony off him and she was used to rounds , you see , and she was used to pulling , after you 'd started going down the Fen she knew all the places . |
| 8 | The Mirror discovered she was involved in allegations against Stephen and told police and his lawyers in Wolverhampton , West Midlands , where he was in custody . |
| 9 | She was moody at times and easily irritated . |
| 10 | Since then , she told him , sometimes she was lonely , sometimes she was happy , but she was cynical about men . |
| 11 | She comes from a very strict family , and only the actual shotgun was missing when she was pregnant within weeks of meeting Flo . |
| 12 | She was close to tears now . |
| 13 | Mrs Lomax fumbled with the ignition switch and Jack could see that she was close to tears again . |
| 14 | Her voice rose , and she knew she was close to tears . |
| 15 | ’ She was close to tears . |
| 16 | She was close to tears during the aria ‘ Move him into the sun ’ . |
| 17 | She was exhausted , she was close to tears or laughter , she was probably getting drunk , topping up on last night 's alcohol . |
| 18 | Actually she was close to tears . |
| 19 | She was aware of faces staring at her as she walked along the paved streets , and she swayed over the uneven surface like a seasick sailor . |
| 20 | She was aware of footsteps running through the house . |
| 21 | She was aware of fingertips rubbing her clitoris with similar motions to those she used to masturbate . |
| 22 | She was near to tears . |
| 23 | She was near to tears . |
| 24 | She was near to tears and relishing the feeling in a sad sort of way . |
| 25 | She was busy with cups and saucers as more words poured from his liquor-loosened tongue . |
| 26 | As she did so she was conscious of voices by his front gate . |
| 27 | Adam drew her arm through his and led her away , for she was half-blinded with tears . |
| 28 | In an hour 's time Vitor would be arriving to collect her and Thomas , but she was full of misgivings . |
| 29 | She was full of words , but she was too wise a woman to speak them . |
| 30 | Each spring Dad arranged a treat : exactly three weeks prior to Easter Sunday he would put a dozen fertilised eggs under a broody hen in a portable house and run below the kitchen window , where she was safe from predators . |