Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] her [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 Therefore , as soon as Isabelle was old enough , it was decided to exploit her aptitude for art by sending her to Paris — out of harm 's way . ’
2 After quenching her desire to see and experience new things , she was going to ask her boss for a transfer and move to the nearest city , where the office had its headquarters .
3 Nothing and nobody was going to make her slave for Carty Jenks , not even Samson .
4 Her new secretary was arriving and was going to share her flat for a while .
5 She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart .
6 It seemed to Kelly that she was trying to catch her eye for some reason .
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