Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |
| 2 | She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again . |
| 3 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 4 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 5 | Araminta was appraising her in a considering way . |
| 6 | His pole was impaling her to the absolute limit , and she began panting as if she 'd just run the four-minute mile . |
| 7 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 8 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 9 | The young man was asking her about the room , about his chances of getting it , she suddenly heard . |
| 10 | She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home . |
| 11 | Josey was watching her from the other side of the fireplace . |
| 12 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 13 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
| 14 | Niall Grant was the most disturbingly sexually arousing man she had ever met , and his nearness was affecting her in a way she had n't dreamed possible . |