Example sentences of "she [verb] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tousled girl in front of me , she was reading a buxom magazine : its text was in French , I think , but even I could tell that the article she scanned was about fellatio technique — blowjob knowhow . |
| 2 | The noise she made was like a cry from hell , and James knew her suffering had turned this place into hell itself . |
| 3 | His head , she realised was at an odd angle . |
| 4 | Mrs Allen rarely spoke to any of the hospital staff ; any information she got was via her stepson . |
| 5 | The last thing she needed was to be up in front of the stewards again . |
| 6 | The last thing she needed was to be trapped in a broken-down vehicle with Piers Morrison . |
| 7 | The last thing in the world she needed was to be attracted to the man who had been Elise 's lover — even if he were n't already engaged in a live-in relationship with another woman ! |
| 8 | The last thing she needed was to be found trespassing in the Baron 's private grounds . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 10 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 11 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
| 12 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 13 | The one battle she lost was over the dog , Hector . |
| 14 | The turquoise dress she wore was of the kind of stretch cotton which showed up any figure fault and which in this instance merely demonstrated the perfection of her body . |
| 15 | They had never even tried it until she had first seen Alain and now it seemed that every step she took was to be supervised . |
| 16 | Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her . |
| 17 | A house called Les Hiboux , sited in the département of the Dordogne , which she knew was in the south-west , near a community called Issigeac . |
| 18 | This was n't a reflection of his feelings about me , I knew that , and when pressed he would only say that the most resounding impression she gave was of her innate class . |
| 19 | The only idea she had was of discovering some sort of shelter for the night , for she must catch the stage to her destination early in the morning . |
| 20 | The oddest call she had was from Teesside airport , where one was stuck up a drainpipe making squeaking noises . |
| 21 | What she said was of interest to Edouard , but he could see that it was by way of a preamble . |
| 22 | At least , he must have known what she said was in it . |
| 23 | The body 's centre line and she equated that and what she said was in terms of the hands that people who were open and positive communicators used on average more symmetrical open palm gestures than individual or closed palm gestures non-symmetrical . |
| 24 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 25 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 26 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 27 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 28 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 29 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 30 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |