Example sentences of "she was [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Elizabeth felt reluctant , she was thankful to settle down in bed , knowing that her mother would see to Edward and that her sister would gladly take on her share of the farm-work . |
| 2 | Her husband , also a compositor , died six years later leaving her with three young children , and she was obliged to go back to work ( at Macdonalds in London Road , not in her previous job at Morrison & Gibb ) until she was over 50 , by which time her children were all supporting themselves . |
| 3 | Then she was able to move on to paying all those bills that had accumulated . |
| 4 | All the same , she felt relieved when , just before five , they finally returned to the villa again and she was able to step out of the boat on to dry land . |
| 5 | Her grandfather 's insistence that she was free to go out into the world now and take a course of training was so much nonsense . |
| 6 | For two months Alison was a counsellor looking after American children at a camp in Pennsylvania , after which she was free to travel around for a month . |
| 7 | When Myra was regressed she was unable to come up with anything which might have had a distressing effect upon her before the incident with her cousin . |
| 8 | So did I , thought Juliet , and for once she was glad to get back to the ward . |
| 9 | She must have loved the real father of Phena very much if she was willing to put up with all of this . |
| 10 | She was supposed to blend in with that group . |
| 11 | However , she was prepared to go along with the advisory teacher 's point of view in the sessions and reassured herself concerning her own fears by using whole-class lessons to reinforce what she felt pupils should have discovered . |
| 12 | Sybil gave a knowing smile as if to imply that in the interests of justice she was prepared to face up to this bizarre , extremely unpleasant but undeniable phenomenon . |
| 13 | His words surprised her at first , then anger took over — an anger so intense that she was prepared to walk out of her marriage and do irreparable damage to the Royal Family . |
| 14 | Looking tired and drawn as she paid a visit to the homes in Wirral and Warrington , she was quick to point out to photographers that she 'd had an early start . |