Example sentences of "[noun sg] that she was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , at this particular time there is no indication that she was one . |
| 2 | She thought her brain must be slowing up , because if he was certain at the start that she was who she said she was , why would he ring England ? |
| 3 | But the more she thought about his arrogant assumptions , his conceited certainty that she was his for the taking , the more she bristled with indignation … |
| 4 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 5 | Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job . |
| 6 | She might have extracted Simon 's solemn oath that if she attended as he wished , the pretence that she was his girlfriend would be dropped for once and for all , but was that the whole reason ? |
| 7 | ‘ Thank you , that was very good of you , ’ she murmured politely , but , feeling intimidated suddenly — or was that her guilty conscience again at work , she got to her feet and handed him the proof that she was who she said she was . |
| 8 | 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 . |