Example sentences of "she were [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we get two things , we get a very good new personality , and secondly , an intelligent personality , and , therefore , and this is an important part of the strategy , she gets out of the other archaeologists she 's talking to a much higher level of interaction and intellectual interchange than she would if she were simply a standard presenter . |
| 2 | She knew he was speaking to her as if she were either an idiot or a child but the momentary fight had quite gone and she just nodded , looking up at him . |
| 3 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You have never got out of the childish habit of trying to do several things at once , ’ Sally had said to her once ; Sally , so cool , so contained , so efficient she sometimes made Harriet feel as if she were still a child , though of course she would never admit it . |
| 5 | That night her father sat on the edge of her bed and stroked her hair , as if she were still a little girl . |
| 6 | If she were still a person . |
| 7 | She had thrown herself into his arms and hugged him as if she were still a schoolgirl . |
| 8 | [ PAMELA begins to serve them with wine as if she were still a servant . ] |