Example sentences of "was [noun] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he had just done was sentence her to another day of hell . |
| 2 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 3 | But it was Friday she did it , and Thursday we were expecting her , so there would have been time when she had . |
| 4 | Wilkie said it was Alexander she ought to talk to about Van Gogh and Hodgkiss said Alexander was an excellent example of what he was talking about , the effect of this light , the difficulty of fixing colours . |
| 5 | I wa I usually and then lock it and th and when there was visitors she opened up and she left the front door wide open and in there rummaging around ! |
| 6 | How much of that little statement was truth she wondered , and how much Ryan 's exaggeration ? |
| 7 | If there was aggro she could handle it . |
| 8 | She said and I turned round and she said it was Mr she said ! |
| 9 | ‘ They were horrible , ’ she cried , wrinkling her nose in distaste ; even so , her tone was that of a woman of the world and it was evident it was Martin she found disgusting , not the drawings . |
| 10 | And if some malicious god had n't decreed it was Slane she had to go to , or Slane where he lived , things might have been very different . |
| 11 | Perhaps , she thought later , it was Rosington she fell in love with , not Hubert . |
| 12 | It was anger she felt . |
| 13 | But it was Kevin she wanted . |
| 14 | She was not afraid of the dark or the shadows ; it was people she was anxious to avoid . |
| 15 | This was better , this was music she knew , and somehow the room did n't feel so menacing . |
| 16 | Shine On was upsides her now . |
| 17 | Doris gave Wickham a cheerful smile and said in a pleasantly modified Cockney accent that she was positive it was MacQuillan she had seen . |
| 18 | I do n't deny I hoped it was Dysart she was planning to ruin — I wondered if there 'd been a lovers ’ tiff — but she let nothing slip . |
| 19 | It was death she had been expecting , after all . |
| 20 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 21 | Over his shoulder she glanced at the clock over the door — the hands seemed to be moving very fast and she was reluctant to say it was time she was going . |
| 22 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 23 | It was time she dressed and saw to his meal . |
| 24 | It was time she surfaced and told him what she was up to . |
| 25 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
| 26 | It was time she also called it a day ; she would continue with the work she was doing after she 'd eaten . |
| 27 | This time Reception said they had run out of vases and , whatever he 'd done , did n't she think it was time she forgave him ? |
| 28 | Dame Sybil earned her everlasting gratitude by suggesting that it was time she retire . |
| 29 | It was time she did a bit of hurting , too . |
| 30 | Perhaps her family were right ; maybe it was time she settled down . |