Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were already waiting for her at the field , but she had no objection to being hustled aboard . |
| 2 | ‘ Songs were specially composed for her by such distinguished musicians as WSGwynn Williams and Meirion Williams , and she was often referred to as ‘ the second Katherine Ferrier ’ , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Francis and Elaine , clutching each other 's hands , were also gazing at her with wide eyes . |
| 4 | Fen moved closer , to stand at her shoulder , and his words were almost lost to her in the rush of feeling his nearness engendered . |
| 5 | THE lover of Britain 's famous agony aunt , Marje Proops , was secretly cheating on her by living with another woman . |
| 6 | A head collar was eventually put on her in the chute , and when she threw her head up in anxiety a roustabout hit her on the face with a lump of wood ‘ for being so stupid ! ’ |
| 7 | Laura wore a long , grey satin dress with a big bow which was especially made for her in a more girlish style than she normally allowed herself . |
| 8 | That persistence must however be seen against the background of the following factors : ( a ) the weakness of her faith as I have found it ; ( b ) the fact that no explanation was ever offered to her by anyone in medical authority as to the risks that a refusal to have a blood transfusion presented to her health indeed to her life . |
| 9 | ‘ We have made Ygelda the new Steward , and she says it will be nothing new to her for Gwion was always running to her for help . ’ |
| 10 | He was still gazing at her across the warm fog of the coffee bar . |
| 11 | Luke was still staring at her as if she had gone mad . |
| 12 | Luke was still staring at her as if expecting a rabbit to emerge from her sleeve at any moment . |
| 13 | Cassie knew that Johnny was now separated from her by a gulf of fifty years . |
| 14 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 15 | He was simply laughing at her in that condescending way he had . |
| 16 | That was doubly endorsed for her as a feeling of nausea entered the fray of ragged nerves , and she realised that she was fifteen minutes early . |
| 17 | Yet Mrs Thatcher 's unassailable , inaccessible image was explicitly fashioned by her for the media . |