Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] her [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostly , she remained an invalid , irritable , on edge and defensive , becoming panic-stricken if the slightest attempt was made to get her away from the house . |
| 2 | The hawk was sacred to her , and was used to depict her symbolically in art . |
| 3 | There was the prince 's mother , mamina , the old principessa she was called to tell her apart from Anna . |
| 4 | The little girl seemed to be with a group , the carriage was dense with bulky figures , and I had the impression someone was trying to get her away from the window . |
| 5 | How wonderful if he was trying to keep her here with his questions , but she doubted that . |