Example sentences of "[vb past] that she was " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we had become very curious about why none of the drains had fallen out , it transpired that she was diligently cutting an inch a day off the other end ! ’ |
| 2 | Since the night he kissed her he had woken her for her watch by hammering on the deckhead until she shouted that she was on her way . |
| 3 | It helped that she was in herself such an impressive figure . |
| 4 | But I discerned that she was a pretty child , one who would have grown into a beauty had she been allowed the opportunity to age . |
| 5 | As I was floundering around trying to see a picture she mentioned that she was dreading a forthcoming holiday because of travel-sickness — the anticipatory fear would lead to headaches and frequent urination . |
| 6 | When Katharine Mahoney entered our ‘ Win a lesson with a star ’ competition , she mentioned that she was interested in journalism and offered to help with Today 's Horse . |
| 7 | Then to her final and total humiliation Phoebe found that she was actually having a good time ; she was enjoying her mother and her mother 's easy authority and charm . |
| 8 | However , when Dolly Howard thought she would peep through the curtains to see how her father was reacting to the nudes she found that she was the one who was shocked . |
| 9 | She found that she was having to wear more and more make-up to cover — these blemishes . |
| 10 | As Claire was breast-feeding , her doctor asked about her diet and found that she was a vegetarian . |
| 11 | There were some lovely old brasses , too , which fascinated her ; and when she had finished looking at these she found that she was alone . |
| 12 | As she gradually changed her beliefs , Cathy found that she was meeting different kinds of men . |
| 13 | A strange feeling of serenity and confidence was sweeping over her and all of a sudden she found that she was frightened by nobody in the world . |
| 14 | I became frustrated almost to screaming when I had finished a well-received and humorous story about the death of my grandfather and found that she was turned away in deep conversation with another woman . |
| 15 | We evaluated the effect of the 1976 legislation on the issue of the anonymity of the rape survivor ; on the basis of press reporting in 1978 , we found that she was now most unlikely to be named , but identifying detail was still published . |
| 16 | She found that she was not alone in her vacational penances , and that many of her friends endured similar harsh shocks and grating transitions , but she was alone in the way she took it . |
| 17 | ‘ Then one day she found that she was going to have another baby ; she was so wretched that she tried to keep it secret at first . |
| 18 | When she found that she was pregnant , she turned to her older sister for help , and since the O'Dells knew that Mr Marriner had been paying court to Moira , they assumed he was responsible for her condition . |
| 19 | She moved against him and , when Burun touched her , he found that she was trembling . |
| 20 | Again she found that she was quivering slightly as she studied the picture of Richard Parsons . |
| 21 | She found that she was able to think of Johnny dispassionately , and she acknowledged to herself with honesty , and a new clarity of understanding , that she did not love him , nor ever could . |
| 22 | In 1949 Beryl found that she was pregnant again , but did not want a second child . |
| 23 | In fact , stimulated by the prospect ahead , she found that she was looking forward to the evening . |
| 24 | Sally-Anne tried to stand up , found that she was still somewhat rocky , looked at Dr Neil , and said doubtfully , ‘ I do n't think that I am quite fully recovered yet . |
| 25 | She found that she was bringing more and more discipline to her writing for the Clarion , and thinking of this she noticed that it was the Clarion which Dr Neil was reading , or pretending to read , for her new awareness told her that , too . |
| 26 | She found that she was driving again . |
| 27 | — It was hard going at first , but after a while her hands began to flow over the keys in an easier , more assured style , and Laura found that she was able to relax , the soft chords and harmony having a soothing effect on her lacerated emotions . |
| 28 | So she held back on her questioning , though she somehow found that she was telling him of her love of music and how Janáček 's lively sixth movement was one of her particular favourites . |
| 29 | It niggled away at her for about perhaps another two seconds , then , apropos of nothing , almost without her own volition , she found that she was suddenly bursting out , ‘ The only time your name was mentioned at lunchtime was when I stated that I was here , in Czechoslovakia , to interview you . ’ |
| 30 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |