Example sentences of "her [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had sensed from the beginning that his compliments to her were of a different kind from those he bestowed so liberally upon every female in sight , but she could n't tell him that , while in her heart she liked them , she might be annoyed by his assumption that they were always acceptable . |
| 2 | Her gentle ‘ welcomes ’ and those of the women around her were like balm on my thudding head . |
| 3 | Whereas Luke was very near , and the feelings he aroused in her were like an undertow , pulling her down . |
| 4 | She was huddled on her chair , her small hands clenched , pressed against her stomach , as though some part of her were in pain , her face blotched . |
| 5 | The address he gave her was of a private cinema in the old quarter . |
| 6 | She had a ravishingly pretty face , but completely untanned , without any make-up , and her hair , her outline , the upright way she held herself , everything about her was of forty years before . |
| 7 | He could n't bear to see Daniel Marsh fawning round his wife like a besotted mongrel , and any other man who looked at her was to be immediately discouraged . |
| 8 | The worst thing for her was to be alone . |
| 9 | Considering there was no one to look after her at Lomond View , I decided that the best place for her was with me . ’ |
| 10 | The next time I saw her was at the crematorium . |
| 11 | But then she opened her eyes , and her face was clear and still ; Ruth saw the enchantment on her was at an end . |
| 12 | That Ben Braithwaite had most ardently desired her was beyond question . |
| 13 | Why he was so intent on seducing her was beyond her comprehension . |
| 14 | That the kakar had seen the tigress was quite evident , and the only place where she could have seen her was on the track . |
| 15 | The second thing that struck her was on a different plane , but was another restriction . |
| 16 | Lepkin 's gift to her was on display in the German 's Munich mansion . |
| 17 | The man who had greeted her was on the deck of his boat cleaning something . |
| 18 | The first time I remember seeing her was in The Roebuck . |
| 19 | What was in her was in him . |
| 20 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 21 | And a hint of his normal happy , teasing manner to her was in his voice . |
| 22 | His arms closed round her momentarily , and the feel of rough , male clothing against her was like being back with Isaac . |
| 23 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
| 24 | Talking to her was like hacking a way through a jungle . |
| 25 | The man sitting next to her was like a porcelain buddha , rotund and self contained , the skin without a wrinkle despite being fifty or so years old . |
| 26 | The scene that confronted her was like a tableau from a waxworks , she thought with faint hysteria as she walked in . |
| 27 | Her was like that , rolled at the back , like that and curls coming out , yeah ? |