Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] was [adv] " in BNC.

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1 She led what was almost a double life .
2 I do n't think the female journalist would have gone if she 'd known , but by the time she realised it was too late .
3 Isabel looked up at him quickly , startled anew as she realised he was much younger than she 'd first supposed .
4 Then she realised he was still speaking to her .
5 She was surprised how well she knew him and she realised he was perfectly right about one thing : they had recognised each other on sight .
6 It scared her , but as she glanced secretly across at the face she had never forgotten for one moment she realised she was more excited than scared .
7 She realised she was still gripping the stone , and dropped it with a little horrified cry .
8 But when she saw the church clock she realised she was too early for the bus — nearly three-quarters of an hour too early .
9 I showed her my January AIM , then she announced it was just like going to art school : she has had some training .
10 I showed her my January AIM , then she announced it was just like going to art school : she has had some training .
11 When Camille entered the open-plan area that was Barbs 's kitchen and dining-room , she realized she was still holding Barbs 's handbag , and she put it on the table with a swift , rejecting movement as though it was hot or unclean .
12 Putting a hand out for the clock , she found it was only a quarter to eight .
13 She found she was halfway up already , unconsciously obeying the voice .
14 He was , to her amazement , remarkably patient with her efforts , and she found she was actually enjoying the lesson , relishing the challenge of making her body work with the skis instead of against them .
15 His working methods were very different from those of Graham Rowell and she found she was constantly on her toes to try and keep one step ahead of him in anticipating what he would want next .
16 She found she was still holding on to his cock like a little girl might hold her brother 's hand .
17 But she found there was no escaping the front line …
18 She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible .
19 When she woke she was further annoyed at having dreamed a category confusion , a man and a book , not realising that the category error was partly the answer to the uncouth question , since Proust was coterminous with a book as the eponymous Tom Jones was not .
20 Fuck her I was drinking stout on Saturday night and normally do n't do it because we 've simply no money ! on the vodka and say it was n't even enough to buy a carry out but do n't say it unless she says she was here !
21 She says she was only driving at about 25 mph .
22 She says she was only a courier in an operation organised by Lock .
23 She says she was very impressed with the work .
24 She says she was mentally and physically abused by her boyfriend , but after 10 months at the hostel with her 2 young sons she 's starting to turn her life around .
25 She says she was never even told of the risk .
26 She says it was too close to home and it could easily have been them .
27 She says it was very frightening .
28 She says I was so shocked I could n't believe it …
29 She says I was very shy and scared and I did n't like the fact I had to sit quietly and could n't play with any of the toys .
30 She says he was very good at his job .
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