Example sentences of "[adv] she [was/were] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she was making a mistake ? |
| 2 | When Lili stopped speaking I wished I could ask her to repeat what she had said , but already she was lighting a cigarette and talking about linen . |
| 3 | A year later she was offered a job with Rothmans to join their customer liaison department . |
| 4 | A few moments later she was putting a whisky tumbler into his hand . |
| 5 | Erm and I did n't like the way erm she got a few of them 's , a few of the gir I know there 's only the two lads there , but how she was doing a lot of things with the girls dressed up as boys like that w er what was that song that me dad hates that they did ? |
| 6 | Or maybe she was experiencing a sort of nightmare or hallucination — some kind of unfortunate delusion brought on by the overwhelming stress and strain of her job … ? |
| 7 | Then she was making a dash for the huge carved staircase . |
| 8 | I 'm still not sure whether it was right or wrong , but it certainly got the reaction that was necessary that people appreciated that she was there , she was the Minister for Employment , and indeed she was causing a hell of a lot of problems for G M B members . |
| 9 | And then while I was there she was eating a bit of chocolate cake , I mean she 's right in the kitchen , she come back in and said oh my god , I said what , she said I 've never seen anybody pinch a bit of chocolate cake , on a plate as fast in all my life , Ben did n't want it so she whipped his an' all like . |
| 10 | THE DISTRAUGHT family of a young woman prison officer who shot herself dead last week have demanded to know why she was given a gun . |
| 11 | And now that she was clearly going to have to give up her job — Ross had made it clear that he would n't approve of her returning to work , and especially not when she was expecting a baby — having something to get her teeth into , such as restoring an ancient building , sounded a great idea . |
| 12 | I got the impression very quickly that she was going through a period where she was experimenting a lot with what she could get away with as an individual . |
| 13 | A multi-millionairess with a fortune estimated at more than £10 million , a property tycoon in Australia where she was spending a fortune renovating her latest acquisition , a mammoth Victorian town house in the Melbourne suburbs , a singer poised to come of age with a backing band of her own and a world tour — the hologramic face of high technology in Japan , how could she ever again have been expected to have slipped into oily dungarees to tinker with the engine of a Land Rover ? |
| 14 | At last week-end 's ICA conference , the film generated a single comment , from a producer on Channel 4 's Out series , Claire Beavan , who had just come back from America where she was making a programme about Hollywood homophobia . |
| 15 | What business is it of the State if someone now wishes to be known as a woman , where previously she was considered a man ? |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , well , she had something special to do this morning , ’ Maggie said in what she imagined was a soothing voice , well aware that once again she was keeping a secret from Mitch . |