Example sentences of "she [was/were] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said with such certainty , as if she were a slightly incapable old lady , and Jenna found anger mounting to add to her feeling of things being taken out of her hands . |
| 2 | He looked at Ronni as though she were a particularly disappointing novelty that had just fallen out of his Christmas cracker . |
| 3 | It is inexcusable to talk to a mature adult as if he or she were a rather dull child . ’ |
| 4 | Her pride had taken a hell of a beating at his hands because he was treating her exactly as if she were a sometimes tiresome younger sister . |
| 5 | She was a desperately tiresome female , but I always felt constrained to be pleasant to her merely because she was so uninspiring . |
| 6 | There was little enough in her life that she could honestly say was exciting , but that morning she was a little nervous , and , yes , a little excited . |
| 7 | She was a little dark-haired , curly girl . |
| 8 | Flora laughed , but tears clung to the end of her pale lashes ; she was a little drunk . |
| 9 | She was a little drunk ; the drink and the intimate darkness made it suddenly very easy to talk . |
| 10 | Hester , except that she was a little thinner , seemed no different . |
| 11 | She was a little disappointed in its capacity in relation to its size , for it cheated as a false-bottomed suitcase cheats . |
| 12 | I suppose he 'll be going out , she realised , and acknowledged to herself that she was a little disappointed … for Faye 's sake , of course . |
| 13 | Sometimes she complained , very slightly : her head ached , she was a little tired … . |
| 14 | She was a little uneasy with the letter H and put it in other words , which was confusing ; ‘ hungry ’ and ‘ angry ’ were often made to sound the same . |
| 15 | She was a little sorry for him , but also glad that she had improved her position since they last met . |
| 16 | Staring back up into his face , and seeing nothing , no humour , no teasing , she was a little nonplussed . |
| 17 | Fabia felt it might be a touch cruel to laugh at him again but , feeling certain he would run a mile if she took him seriously , she was a little nonplussed about how to answer him . |
| 18 | Victoria was silent throughout the service and as they stood by the side of the grave where George was laid to rest beside his parents , she noticed in amazement that most of the women cried and that even her Grandad Oaks , who often appeared fierce and of whom she was a little afraid , took out a handkerchief and surreptitiously wiped his eyes . |
| 19 | And she was a little afraid . |
| 20 | To the right , Ajayi knew , If she leaned out from the balcony ( which she did not like to do as she was a little afraid of heights ) , she would be able to see the quarries , and the start of the thin , also snow-covered and treeless line of stunted hills . |
| 21 | And she was a little worried . |
| 22 | But she was a little worried when Inge told her , ‘ They have n't been back here , as far as I know . |
| 23 | She was shaking with weariness and she was a little scared of these new people , especially of the men . |
| 24 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 25 | If I told you she was a little flaky , you would n't be getting the half of it . |
| 26 | She was a little old lady , dressed in black , who seemed glad to have someone else to talk to , apart from the servants . |
| 27 | It was very dark there , among the trees , and she was a little surprised to hear some footsteps coming towards her . |
| 28 | Mother did say it was all right , although she was a little surprised at first . |
| 29 | She was a little unsteady . |
| 30 | If not immediately , at least when she was a little older . |