Example sentences of "was [verb] to her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Mary Queen of Scots coin was given to her by well-wisher Jessie Brown , 40 , of South Carntyne , Glasgow . |
| 2 | ‘ She is not without intelligence , but the harm that was done to her at birth is irreversible . ’ |
| 3 | A framed certificate was presented to her at the Good Companions ' meeting last week by chairman Janet Gill . |
| 4 | the prize of £1000 and a silver cup was presented to her at the college by Chief Executive , Best Western Hotels . |
| 5 | She left with the best wishes of all her colleagues — plus a colour TV which was presented to her by Tom Gorrie , Manager , Taurus . |
| 6 | The cheque was presented to her by Ian Sutherland , Director , Commercial Banking Services . |
| 7 | Isobel 's clock was presented to her by Bill Service , Personnel Manager , and is inscribed with ‘ Twenty Five Years Service Douglas Reyburn & Co . |
| 8 | Rosalba was drawn to her above all the other Marys in the province , far and above the Madonna of the Kneading Board , who had been washed ashore with the face of Our Lady in its grain , and who was her mother 's favourite , and hung in replica above her bed . |
| 9 | The medal was handed to her on a velvet cushion and she bent down and hung it on a little hook with which we had each been provided on arrival . |
| 10 | Hawk did not look like a soce worker or a shrink , but he was getting to her in a way the juvie officials never used to . |
| 11 | She knew he was speaking to her as if she were either an idiot or a child but the momentary fight had quite gone and she just nodded , looking up at him . |
| 12 | She wondered why he was speaking to her in such a quiet , gentling tone , then realised how stiffly she was holding herself . |
| 13 | At first he sounded distant , as if he was calling to her from the basement of a big house , but he came nearer very quickly and suddenly he was shouting in her ear . |
| 14 | I do n't think it was dictated to her by John Wesley . |
| 15 | In fact it was a rather odd coincidence , ’ she said , warming to her theme , ‘ I was introduced to her at a party , and we got on quite well . |
| 16 | Robert Burns was introduced to her in Edinburgh and , no doubt , they would know they had friends in common in the Tennant family . |
| 17 | Word of the arrival in London of the new king was brought to her by Prince Richard . |
| 18 | ‘ She knew nothing about any document she was to sign until it was brought to her by her husband . |
| 19 | As it was , it was left to her to verbally let him know what she thought of his offer to help her out with her mortgage . |
| 20 | Charlotte had found something that Emily had written , and was talking to her about it . |
| 21 | And I er was talking to her down the lane when Mrs Monday and I asked her how she was and she said oh I 've had a few falls in the house and all . |
| 22 | anyw anyway erm I was talking to her on the bus not too long ago and , I do n't know how it came up but she was talking about Egypt , and er she 'd been apparently oh some a year or two back cos she did a , an evening course on Egyptology and she went through that , but she was telling me about a friend or friends of hers who 'd been er and told me about the trip . |
| 23 | jumping around while I was talking to her on the phone , I was getting so pissed the phone . |
| 24 | I was talking to her at a women 's group meeting — we were playing records . |
| 25 | he was talking to her like seven years old . |
| 26 | The back door was barred to her by the people she would have to pass in the kitchen . |
| 27 | An old woman with a hunched-up back and a walking-stick was beckoning to her with one hand a few yards away . |