Example sentences of "[verb] by her " in BNC.
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1 | STEELY determination not to be dominated by her husband shows in the way Diana holds her head high . |
2 | A shy and unpretentious woman , she was dominated by her husband , who expected her to organise his home life , act as his hostess , show a picture of domestic bliss to his constituency , listen to him rehearse his speeches , endure his frequent absences , cope with the bruised feelings of those he had insulted and be prepared to be woken up in the middle of the night to hear his account of his part in great events : ‘ Wake up and listen , what I 'm telling you is history ! ’ |
3 | State occasion or not , it was her day and she wanted to be surrounded by her friends . |
4 | Sitting in Pat 's front room , surrounded by her nine Labradors , many of whom are rescue cases themselves , I asked Pat how the charity had been formed and what the situation was at present . |
5 | Surrounded by her chic chums , Anorexia and Décolleté , the gypsy-like Alopecia thanked her handsome family — dad Stilton , mum Cedilla and sister Jason . |
6 | Lorryloads of blooms rolled up to the Bel Air mansion where Liz , 60 , lay in bed , surrounded by her doctors . |
7 | For the three months of location filming here in Boston , Goldie was constantly surrounded by her beloved brood . |
8 | When the countess Adela of Blois issued an important charter , it was noted that she was surrounded by her capellanus and her clerici , barones , milites et servientes . |
9 | Every night as she lay in her bed , surrounded by her cuddly toys , she could hear her brother sobbing , crying for his mother . |
10 | She sat cross-legged , like a native in the bazaar , surrounded by her implements … the knife and the straight edge for cutting the cartridge paper , the wooden mandrels for rolling the paper into shape , the powder flask , the two-and-a-half dram tin measures for measuring out the powder and finally , alas , the pot of grease , the cause of all the trouble . |
11 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
12 | As I was looking in , I could see the Queen , surrounded by her lords and ladies . |
13 | She died at Roebuck House , her Dublin home , 27 April 1953 , surrounded by her family . |
14 | Then he rallied and said , ‘ Well , you 're in for a treat , in that case , surrounded by her paintings in that lovely house . |
15 | She died on November 1 surrounded by her relatives at Alder Hey Children 's Hospital . |
16 | Maude , ten years after er , sitting there surrounded by her little ones |
17 | Helen died the day before her seventh birthday surrounded by her parents and brother and sister at Alder Hey Children 's Hospital , Liverpool . |
18 | Helen died the day before her seventh birthday surrounded by her parents and brother and sister at Alder Hey Children 's Hospital . |
19 | He clapped his hands , delighted by her boldness . |
20 | She turned her head without moving her elbows from their resting place on the window-ledge and gazed at him , too awestruck by her surroundings to feel defensive . |
21 | It went back to her childhood when she had been teased by her schoolmates about her stammer . |
22 | When she was attacked by her venerable predecessor Harold Macmillan ( now elevated to the Lords as the Earl of Stockton ) for ‘ selling off the family silver ’ , it added to her proud sense of detachment . |
23 | A : After appearing on TV , I was contacted by Terry Moseley who had been following my story since Kelly was killed , and Jeanette Thompson , whose child had been attacked by her own dog . |
24 | The dainty Lillian suspended by her toes … the not so dainty Betty endures her first ballet lesson … the amazing dexterity of the Juggling Jennies … and the mind boggling manipulations of the Magic Marys with Angela De Castro |
25 | But then , when he had leaned forward to brush her cheek , her neck , she had moved back as if he had transgressed , and all his knowledge of her had been shattered by her refusal . |
26 | Miss Perrie , who has starred in the series for 17 years , spoke recently of being shattered by her six-days-a-week work schedule for the show . |
27 | ( Ludmilla 's intellectual ambitions were posthumously immortalized by her father 's generous establishment of a research fellowship named after her at Oxford University . ) |
28 | It was the woman who had put the flowers on the place where Harry Lawrence had died , and there was a small toy dog , a Pekinese , yapping by her ankles . |
29 | Littler was attracted by her elegance and firm authority when she was Head Girl in one of his shows and he persuaded her to work in his organization and leave Tillers . |
30 | Nellie was not a bit shy or timid like I was , and I was attracted by her outspoken ways . |