Example sentences of "she [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She were born that way . |
| 2 | After seven years the insect was blown into the Great Hall of Inver Cechmaine and was accidentally swallowed by the wife of that nobleman ; she was reborn nine months later , again given the name Etain and growing to be an exquisitely beautiful woman . |
| 3 | She was lost all hands aboard . |
| 4 | She was denied any opportunity to appear before councillors in order to appeal against her suspension . |
| 5 | She was asked discreet questions about private health insurance and , in the face of her disclaimers , equally civil ones about her credit cards . |
| 6 | Allison Dutton , 24 , was working late at her office in Cherbourg , France , where she had moved to live with her fiance , when she was stabbed 18 times . |
| 7 | She was stabbed three times , but pursued the man for 50 yards , calling for help on her radio , before she collapsed . |
| 8 | She was stabbed 15 times with scissors . |
| 9 | She was called Lucky Lady and had originally been bought by grandfather Alec , some forty years ago . |
| 10 | She was made Head Girl and although it was not acknowledged by anyone in authority , she was already drinking too much . |
| 11 | She was given concentrated treatment over each weekend . |
| 12 | She was given five pints on admission . |
| 13 | She was given 18 months ' probation . |
| 14 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 15 | He or she was given considerable powers , and had to be consulted by LEAs over their general development plans and any specific proposals to establish , close or alter schools ( this changed under the 1980 Act ) . |
| 16 | During her interrogation she was given electric shocks , punched in the stomach and raped with a truncheon . |
| 17 | She had a respiratory infection and one reason for life termination was ‘ the threat of asphyxia ’ — so she was given high-dose opioids , which ensured that she died of asphyxia . |
| 18 | Lawyers for her husband contested her action in the High Court in London on Wednesday and she was given seven days to hand them back . |
| 19 | She was given extended leave from the show by bosses at Grundy , who were already losing the battle to persuade her to stay on as Charlene . |
| 20 | Further results showed that her immunoglobulins were low , particularly IgG with a value of 5.11 g/l , and she was given intravenous immunoglobulin ( Gammimmune-N , 25 g ) to aid her recovery . |
| 21 | Remarkably , when she was given ungrammatical sentences to repeat , she often produced a grammatically correct version : she repeated ‘ She write she mother a letter ’ as ‘ She wrote her mother a letter ’ , and ‘ Do you want to go movies ? ’ as ‘ Do you want to go to the movies ? ’ . |
| 22 | She was given three years ' supervision and a five-year driving ban . |
| 23 | Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts . |
| 24 | Pat told of how , when she first started knitting , she was given some patterns . |
| 25 | Miss Bhutto is spitting fury , not just over the matter of the provincial assemblies , but also because she says that she was given fewer ministries in the caretaker government ( just under a quarter ) than she deserves . |
| 26 | He then launched an inquiry into why she was granted Legal Aid . |
| 27 | If she could then convince Rainald that it might be a few days before she was granted another opportunity to meet him , and if she could discover how many spies the Empress had in Winchester , the precious time gained might be used to save Edmund . |
| 28 | Two-year-old Leannda was sighted when she was born 14 weeks premature . |
| 29 | She was born nine months ago after he was interned . |
| 30 | Since she was rejected last year , the council has been trying to find an alternative service for the island . |