Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] her [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having cautioned her , the police were ready to take her away from her South Ronaldsay home for questioning . |
| 2 | Now we were ready to transport her carefully from our garage over to the buildings at a friend 's farm at Weston Underwood — yes , he flies microlights too ! ! ! |
| 3 | On the 16th , the mighty delta was due to leave her home at Waddington , Lincs , for the Channel Islanders and their Battle of Britain displays . |
| 4 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 5 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 6 | She became so tame it was impossible to release her back into the wild . |
| 7 | It was impossible to fob her off with vague statements — and perhaps unwise . |
| 8 | Miriam was a part of him now ; he was unable to put her out of his mind . |
| 9 | Fortunately he saw a nice couple from the Ministry of Education and was able to guide her over to them . |
| 10 | And she was unsure whether she wanted to become involved with them again ; the jewels were not actually worth that much , and the very fact that they were of Irish origin was enough to turn her away from them . |
| 11 | It had been the faintest of sounds , but it was enough to bring her slowly to her feet , alert and expectant . |
| 12 | Standing this close to Piers was enough to bring her out in goose-bumps , and she thought , I 'll fight this desperate longing for him to the end . |
| 13 | Just the prospect of being late was enough to bring her out in a sweat of fear . |
| 14 | Professionally , he had seldom seen anyone in such a perfect state of health — that alone was sufficient to mark her out in Vetch Street . |