Example sentences of "were [adj] and she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stems were wet and she felt the dampness seeping through her woollen gloves . |
| 2 | Her fears were groundless and she slid the door back . |
| 3 | The sobs were uncontrollable and she gave a long piteous cry . |
| 4 | The windows were dark and she got no answer to her repeated knocking on the front door . |
| 5 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 6 | It would be dreadful if one ran out while the children were present and she made an exhibition of herself by screaming ! |
| 7 | Her light brown hair was drawn back into rather too severe a knot for the broad serious forehead , but the features were dainty and she had lovely grey eyes . |
| 8 | They were beautiful and she had two others did n't she ? |
| 9 | It was she who told me that Doogie was a commis chef at one of the better Park Lane hotels ( and I 'd said I had n't realized his politics were important and she 'd just looked at me ) and she was a journalist with one of the North London suburban weeklies . |
| 10 | His lips were impassioned and she swum dizzily in the swarm of love that buzzed through her . |
| 11 | At other times the lines of his mouth were softer and she longed to lay her lips against his . |
| 12 | The fortune-teller lay on her back behind the low wall and she was dying , or perhaps she was dead , for her eyes were open and she looked up at the stars . |
| 13 | The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection . |
| 14 | She saw that they were useless and she did not believe in wasting her effects . |
| 15 | The high spirits surrounding her were infectious and she had an insane desire to giggle . |
| 16 | Aunt Louise 's eyes were over-bright and she tried to pass her hand across them as if to brush away a cobweb . |
| 17 | She knew that her grown-ups were frightened and she did not want them to be frightened , but she also knew that Fenna was a mightier protection than all their loving care could ever be . |