Example sentences of "in her [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 It was what was in her immediate life she was fed up with — anything distant or in the past could bring out her interest .
2 Although quiet and demure in her first term she was no goody goody .
3 And for once in her misbegotten life she was right .
4 But in her small corner it was as if time had decided to take an extended coffee-break .
5 For , to conceal the fact that in her utter astonishment she was looking ready to drop , Naylor moved his chair closer to her and drew her attention by planting a light and loving kiss on her cheek .
6 Although in her 94th year it was always a pleasure to visit .
7 And erm in her particular way she was quite a good cook too .
8 In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train .
9 It had disturbed her enough , and even if the unwritten reproof had been solely in her own imagination she was not about to look again and check it .
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