Example sentences of "she was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh Jesus , Sam , she was everybody 's Aunt Jemima , if she 'd turned up with her hair in a bun and flour on her apron she could n't have made them love her more , Jesus , Sam , we 're not guilty . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was , she was nobody 's fool . |
| 3 | Let him realise one thing : she might be poor , but she was nobody 's doormat ! |
| 4 | She was nobody 's doormat — though she 'd come perilously close to it with Hugh — but it was vital , in the present state of her finances , that she continue to live on board Water Gypsy . |
| 5 | ‘ She was what men had made her . |
| 6 | She was what she called a conviction politician . |
| 7 | On the face of it , she was what she seemed : a lonely , nervous girl , travelling Europe alone , and , he conceded reluctantly , of very doubtful chastity . |
| 8 | She was what was known as ‘ a bad lot ’ and several times later I saw her standing in alleyways , always with a different man . |
| 9 | She was what her father jokingly called ‘ a good eyeful ’ , with her large breasts and wide hips . |
| 10 | But Clelia , she could see , was secure beyond approval or disapproval : she was what she was , whatever that might be . |
| 11 | She was her matter-of-fact self again the moment Clarissa clung to her and really cried . |
| 12 | After all she was her friend and she was in no doubt that had the positions been reversed Maggie would have done the same . |
| 13 | She certainly did not live in the shadow of John ; she was her own person and deserved to be described as more than a widow . |
| 14 | He had said he might be late , after all , and she decided to snatch a few more moments of privacy to recharge her batteries in the one place in the whole luxurious house where she was able to relax and feel she was her own person . |
| 15 | Maxine told me that she had known all the time that she was her twentieth-century self and that she was sitting in a comfortable chair in my consulting room . |
| 16 | ‘ She was very happy at home — there had been no arguments or rows and she was her usual happy self when she went out , ’ said Robert . |
| 17 | But behind everything she did was a raw power that emphasised she was her own woman . |
| 18 | Sister Casualty handled them all magnificently , each patient differently , and yet each one as if he or she was her sole reason for taking up nursing . |
| 19 | Mrs Aggie gave her a shilling a week , because , as she said , she was her assistant ; for there must be someone to hold the horse and look after the cart and see that the children did n't nick … steal the clothes off it . |
| 20 | After all , she was her aunt . |
| 21 | You 'd think she was her daughter ! |
| 22 | But Müller had never done business that way , and it was evident that she was her father 's daughter . |
| 23 | She was her accomplice , and Miranda sat , quite still , amazed . |
| 24 | Maybe Vanessa Vail was n't such a bad fantasy after all : she might die , but at least she was her own woman . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , that was a nice little scene I interrupted , ’ she said , glaring at Claudia as if she was her mortal enemy . |
| 26 | He had come before luncheon , eaten everything put before him with great dedication , looked about him hopefully for the cigar the household did not possess , and then explained abruptly without any preliminaries to Alexandra that she was her aunt 's sole heir . |
| 27 | If she was her mother 's sort then she would never never get among the life that everybody else seemed to get . |
| 28 | And she was her mother 's sort . |
| 29 | Nevertheless she was her usual polite society self with Mr Sands — she had learned in her papa 's home and at the embassy how to put people at their ease — and all in all the sight of his skivvy doing the gracious afforded Dr Neil another bout of inward sardonic mirth , however it delighted young Mr Sands , who thought what a splendid creature she was , and a great pity she was only a servant — she had so much presence . |
| 30 | Sally-Anne did not know of this conversation , of course , and by the next day she was her usual bouncing , energetic self , and it being Monday not only was it wash-day — oh , dear — but summer cleaning also began again , with everything being put back , and the whole place was shining and sweet-smelling , so that , Wednesday having come round , McAllister had sunk down into Dr Neil 's big armchair with a great , ‘ Phew , I 'm glad that 's all over ! ’ amusing Matey , whose soft spot for the girl who seemed to be making Dr Neil more reconciled to his lot grew greater every day . |