Example sentences of "was [adj] she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could of done my work today though Kim and Richard came over when I was poorly she got the duster straight out she said nanny I 'll polish the furniture because I knows you get upset . |
| 2 | Once Becky felt sure the ink was dry she closed the books and put them back in her satchel while Charlie prepared to lock up the baker 's shop . |
| 3 | Elizabeth , though not in the least religious , liked the ceremonies and seasonal activities of the Orthodox Church , but when the weather was unseasonable she wished the clergy would put nylon coverings over their handsome vestments . |
| 4 | She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew . |
| 5 | She was waiting , she says , until she was sure she had the right project with the right people . |
| 6 | The daughter sh she was lonely she left the er the girlfrie her her daughter 's boyfriend threw the leg over . |
| 7 | But she was doing it for their child , and in order to make sure that Angel was happy she needed the Reverend Morey . |
| 8 | She wondered whether she had been sniffing ; it was true she had the beginnings of a cold . |