Example sentences of "she [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She were born that way . |
| 2 | ‘ She were taken bad afore Christmas and she 's slow to mend . |
| 3 | The Duchess of York says her work for the Motor Neurone Disease Association saved her sanity after she was pictured topless on holiday with financial advisor John Bryan . |
| 4 | There was an expression of terrible natural justice , and she was rendered breathless by a profound understanding of just why lions were seen as kings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She was lost all hands aboard . |
| 7 | She was built strong . |
| 8 | She was stripped naked and beaten with a cattle prod before being thrown into a cell full of excrement . |
| 9 | She was denied any opportunity to appear before councillors in order to appeal against her suspension . |
| 10 | She was served last . |
| 11 | She was asked discreet questions about private health insurance and , in the face of her disclaimers , equally civil ones about her credit cards . |
| 12 | How do we know it 's stolen ? ’ and warmed to him , grateful that he was willing to defend her , though fearful in case she was asked direct . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was stabbed three times , but pursued the man for 50 yards , calling for help on her radio , before she collapsed . |
| 15 | She was stabbed 15 times with scissors . |
| 16 | And she was called Tiny . |
| 17 | She was called Lucky Lady and had originally been bought by grandfather Alec , some forty years ago . |
| 18 | Fifty-eight-year-old woman with some experience … in an office … she was made redundant . ’ |
| 19 | She cast away the unwelcome thought that if she was made redundant she would have to find new work immediately or forfeit that small oasis of security she 'd won for herself . |
| 20 | That was until about two years ago when unfortunately the home where she worked was closed down and she was made redundant . |
| 21 | Now another journey began , one of which she had no memory , no knowledge of the decision to start , but one which she was made powerless by love to turn from . |
| 22 | The tug refloated the vessel , towed her to a sheltered anchorage where she was made fit for the tow to Hong Kong , and thereafter towed her for four days to docks in Hong Kong . |
| 23 | She was made Head Girl and although it was not acknowledged by anyone in authority , she was already drinking too much . |
| 24 | As the kiss lingered , she was made aware of his hardness as he pressed himself against her . |
| 25 | Huitzilopochtli was born of the goddess COATLIQUE , and she was made aware of his conception when a wreath of blue humming-bird feathers fell from the sky . |
| 26 | She moved into another of Dawn 's houses after she was made homeless with four children . |
| 27 | She was so shocked she was struck speechless . |
| 28 | She was seated next to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh on the head table while Prince Charles was relegated to a side table . |
| 29 | So , like , we 've got this thing about her , anyway , she was com and she was talking to Fiona today and she was stood next to me , and like in a way , I was laughing at her but I felt so sorry for her cos she really , really stunk ! |
| 30 | From 1905 to 1909 she was employed first by Sidney and Beatrice Webb [ qq.v. ] and then by the royal commission on the poor laws as a research assistant on enquiries into public health , poor-law medical relief , and the treatment of destitute children . |