Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holy Dying was written under the impact of the death of Lady Carbery as well as that of Taylor 's own wife — ‘ The bundles of cypress which were intended to dress her closet but now come to dress her hearse ’ . |
| 2 | Fertility rites were held for her , from which men were excluded , and phallic symbols such as piglets , snakes and pine cones were used to decorate her shrine and thus encourage the generation of seed in the earth . |
| 3 | They were going to call her Gohar . |
| 4 | no , no cos she just told me this morning you were going to see her work in the morning . |
| 5 | First they were going to make her squirm , then Margaret was going to hit her … |
| 6 | They had country and western night on there , now I think I was doing nowt one Saturday night and Sue and Steven were going to hear her dad . |
| 7 | " Harry and I were just wondering how we were going to get her clothes on again . " |
| 8 | The leather chafed her heels and the straps felt as if they were going to crush her bones . |
| 9 | Drink and drugs were threatening to turn her life into a repeat performance of that of her mother , Judy Garland . |
| 10 | The vodka and her anger were combining to free her tongue . |
| 11 | Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg , but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism . |
| 12 | As soon as all these lighting restrictions came in , Daddy said he was n't going to stay in England and they pissed off , ’ Felicity 's lapses into strong language , which were meant to make her sound cool , only made her sound immature . |
| 13 | It was as if he were trying to read her thoughts . |
| 14 | She had never expected it would be so hard to pretend lack of interest when her very heart and soul were longing to demonstrate her love . |
| 15 | They were bursting to tell her things she would never know . |
| 16 | The cycle was intended to re-establish her position and remind France of its debt to the rich Florentine family . |
| 17 | It was an outfit from her more prosperous days , and an outfit which was intended to boost her morale . |
| 18 | Another thirty seconds went by , during which time Naylor traced kisses down her throat and to the neck of her dress , and Leith was struggling to get her hands free — so she could wrap her arms around him . |
| 19 | In reality , Diana was struggling to keep her head above water , let alone undertake a radical management restructuring programme . |
| 20 | The princess was taught to curb her natural impetuous temper and to own her mistakes to all she had wronged , regardless of rank . |
| 21 | She was endeavouring to find her way to the courtyard when , reaching the end of one of the wide corridors , she found herself in a long gallery lined with portraits . |
| 22 | How difficult it was to try to keep her feet on the ground , when inside she felt as if she were poised on the brink of a wild and wonderful adventure . |
| 23 | Her husband , although not a ‘ representative ’ , was expected to join her later in the day . |
| 24 | An Essex girl was expected to call her foster-mother 's mother ‘ granny ’ , and to shop for her . |
| 25 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
| 26 | Even on Sundays she was expected to spend her day scrubbing , cleaning , cooking and tidying , once the family had attended Mass . |
| 27 | In her state of exaggerated mourning , the Queen was refusing to fulfil her public duties . |
| 28 | Whatever she made was done to suit her taste . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | So many unpleasant thoughts were spilling through her mind that Beth was made to recall her husband 's words with regard to Luther … |