Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 2 | Such was the speculation that Hurd and Major — Thatcher 's two nominators for the contest — were obliged to issue a joint statement insisting that they would not stand against Mrs Thatcher in a second ballot , but this all too clearly left open the possibility that they would stand if she were out of the contest . |
| 3 | ‘ She was up for the entire morning , and this afternoon she must rest . |
| 4 | Now it seemed he did n't believe she was up to the task . |
| 5 | She was up at the window looking out . |
| 6 | It seemed she was up at the Jubilee Tower practising the tango with Nigel and they would be down shortly with the papers . |
| 7 | He smiled at her again later when she was up at the bar ordering a second round for her and Natasha , as he and his friends were standing further along the bar . |
| 8 | Today she was up at the crack of dawn , 4.30 , to make breakfast for her man friend . |
| 9 | She 'd get a move on once she was up from the harbour . |
| 10 | ‘ She was on about the end o' the world was nigh . |
| 11 | Rain fought back the impulse to grab her bag and check the contents , and then she was through to the Post . |
| 12 | ‘ No , but she says she was round at the local . |
| 13 | Sarah was worried because it was getting late , and when at last she was out of the hospital she started walking quickly towards Clerkenwell , but she had n't gone far before a hackney cab drew up . |
| 14 | ‘ She was out of the oxygen tent earlier- and her temperature was coming down with the antibiotics but then when she came to … she opened her eyes and suddenly seemed to go into a panic . |
| 15 | The bruiser bawled at her , but she was out of the door in a flash . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know how you dare , ’ Edward said to Willoughby while she was out of the room . |
| 17 | As soon as she was out of the room he pulled the nearest phone across his desk and punched out the number of the Athene office . |
| 18 | She would have to put up with occasional Sinatra-outs until she was out of the tank . |
| 19 | A series of people waylaid her to chat before she was out of the room , and then Emelda came , rather excitable . |
| 20 | ‘ Believe me , she was out of the place before she had time to dry her crocodile tears ! |
| 21 | WHILE she was out of the room , I laid a selection of photos of people and places on the floor and as soon as she came back she immediately pointed out two men . |
| 22 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 23 | And she was out of the door — and out of his life . |
| 24 | She was out of the car at once , the door slammed , her aggressive , slender height bristling with rage as she advanced on the Porsche driver . |
| 25 | He gave her a squeeze and she was out of the door smiling . |
| 26 | Then she was out of the water , her feet slapping towards the showers . |
| 27 | She was out of the water in a split-second . |
| 28 | She was out of the country ! |
| 29 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
| 30 | Perhaps her greatest defiance , the extravagant music centre she had ordered from the junk mail , arrived when she was out at the restaurant . |