Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [verb] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl was studying her as if she was an amusing spectacle and Jenna assumed that she was . |
| 2 | As for the name , Sam wanted her to be called the Martha and Harry the Bridget , and the only way they could resolve the question was to name her after their favourite place of refreshment , instead . |
| 3 | 381 , 384 ‘ There is no doubt that at common law if a wife chooses wilfully and without justification to live away from her husband she can not , so long as she continues absent , render him liable for the necessaries supplied to her , or for her maintenance by the union , for the reason that she has of her own free will deprived herself of the opportunity which the husband was affording her of being maintained in the home . |
| 4 | She dried her eyes presently because she realized that the Magistrate was watching her from not far away . |
| 5 | The Midland Wagon Company were the owners of ‘ Perseverance ’ and the BCR was buying her from them on hire purchase . |
| 6 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 7 | There was no readable expression on her face , but Marjorie felt an unease as she looked at her , as though the woman were watching her through narrowed lids . |
| 8 | The man was regarding her with natural surprise . |
| 9 | The thing was to keep her as Brown Owl of the 2nd Longreen Pack . |
| 10 | The police were driving her around Soweto , wanting her to identify key activists . |
| 11 | Recalling his reaction after she 'd bumped into David Law , she felt sure that at least part of the reason was to have her under his eye . |
| 12 | It was as if the bombing was draining her of all feeling , leaving her so spent that all she wanted to do was to close her eyes and not open them again until it was all over . |
| 13 | The thorns were cutting her to pieces . |
| 14 | The idea was to use her for short patrols inshore and around the large estuaries and harbours of the south Coast . |