Example sentences of "she [vb past] [be] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was extremely wet and cold and the very last thing she needed was this man 's mockery . |
| 2 | She must have slept , or drifted into unconsciousness again , for the next thing she knew was that Fen was shaking her , urgently , his voice rough with concern . |
| 3 | Lucy was weeping as she had been that afternoon . |
| 4 | Later , much later , Kelly was to reflect on how lucky she had been that day . |
| 5 | when she had been all hugs and trust for her father . |
| 6 | It was barely five a.m. and dawn was just breaking , but she was wide awake , as she had been all night long . |
| 7 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |
| 8 | She had worn a full-length coat because it was all she had that was decently subfusc ; now she wished that she had been less conformist . |
| 9 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 10 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 11 | But his speech seemed a curiously formal introduction to what she supposed was some kind of orgy . |
| 12 | Considering it was meant for children it was surprising how many of the characters were unpleasant , even Tinkerbell , whom she supposed was some sort of bad fairy . |