Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence .
2 I 'm not usually stuck for words , ’ she went on , thinking of the successful extempore speeches she had made in court when her clients had led her into all sorts of impossible positions .
3 Olga , the brighter of the two , had clamoured to be allowed to go to college in Tollemarche , and both parents had encouraged her in this , hoping she would become a school-teacher ; but she had met Boyd Stych and got married instead .
4 The girls ' parents had held her in high regard and they had become firm friends .
5 Her evidence was that being interviewed by two senior police officers had put her in considerable fear and trepidation and that her confession was accordingly not a true one .
6 Whenever the two women were together , the conflict of loyalties had torn her in two .
7 Premonitions have fascinated her for several years .
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