Example sentences of "she [verb] [verb] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made a sweeping movement with his hand , as if what she 'd said was of no interest . |
| 2 | And he frankly admitted to being obsessed with her sex — some of the talk she 'd heard was of cradle-snatching ; some of death-bed fucks — he played no favourites . |
| 3 | The only payment she had received was from Charles Briant who had given her a generous bonus for her extra work on his boots . |
| 4 | All she had to do was cross a couple of wires and George would become just another victim of a tragic domestic ‘ accident ’ . |
| 5 | About two-thirds of the sacks of refuse had gone , and the pit she had seen was as if it had never been , under a litter of dead leaves where a couple of blackbirds foraged . |
| 6 | The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her . |
| 7 | My sister , Violet , was one she coached to that standard but she was n't able to take her place at grammar school because the uniform she had to have was beyond the means of my family . |
| 8 | Amusingly , the one threat she had encountered was from another ‘ Queen of the Night ’ , a grossly huge woman , who only felt able to emerge into the world in the dead of night , and was enraged to find another woman watching her take her secret walk in the darkness . |
| 9 | And the ninth photograph she had taken was of a school . |