Example sentences of "her [was/were] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that remained with her was the look in her son 's eyes , a look of absolute loathing and hatred , a look of betrayal . |
| 2 | If letting him make love to her was the price for keeping him with her all night she would pay it gladly . |
| 3 | The frustration he caused her was the keynote of every one-sided altercation . |
| 4 | The only evening dress she had brought with her was the colour of well-polished copper , which added a little colour to her pale complexion , but it was not going to be warm enough and so she took the mink that had been part of her trousseau from the wardrobe and slung it around her shoulders . |
| 5 | Spread before her was the whole of Florence . |
| 6 | All I could see of her was the tip of her nose on Richard 's other side , bobbing backwards and forwards as she walked , like a bird eating grain . |
| 7 | In subsequent proceedings for false imprisonment , it was admitted that the sole reason for arresting her was the constable 's opinion that ‘ police inquiries were more likely to be fruitful in clearing up the case if Mrs. Mohammed-Holgate were compelled to go to the police station to be questioned there ’ . |
| 8 | What did bother her was the realisation that very soon Luke could find himself part of the same mess . |
| 9 | Shh shh , she 's done nothing , she 's done nothing wrong and I 've assaulted her was the assault justified ? |
| 10 | Below her was the corpse of a woman . |
| 11 | The first thing that struck her was the cold . |
| 12 | All that was substantial to her was the boy whom she touched all down the length of her but did not touch . |
| 13 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 14 | The second time I saw her was the day after I arrived . |
| 15 | Behind her was the backdrop of green garden foliage , and just out of her reach , on a small coffee-table that she had positioned at Faye 's instruction , stood an enormous vase filled with flowers — all red ones , ranging from deepest crimson to a vibrant vermilion orange . |
| 16 | But what really astonished her was the way she had responded to him just now in her office . |
| 17 | What haunted her was the way he had kissed her — and how she had been unable to do anything but respond ! |
| 18 | ‘ Meeting her was the turning point in my life , ’ he admits . |
| 19 | What disturbed her was the feeling , at the back of her mind , that there was something she ought to have understood . |
| 20 | The only activity Gerald had forbidden her was the embroidery of tapestry , which he had declared too menial an occupation for a young lady of her intelligence , preferring her to accompany him on his visits to neighbouring landlords as she had done that day . |
| 21 | Behind her was the circle of the roof and the deeper darkness where … |
| 22 | But what was still troubling her was the fact that she had still not broached the subject of Janice . |
| 23 | And what confused her was the fact that she did n't really feel angry . |
| 24 | On the desk in front of her was the envelope which had arrived that morning . |
| 25 | All he saw in her was the absence of his daughter . |
| 26 | ‘ Two of the mater 's friends died , but what really devastated her was the death of my Aunt Rosamund . |
| 27 | For sixteen years after the heavenly wedding , she felt ‘ a flame of fire ’ in her breast , which God told her was the heat of the Holy Ghost . |
| 28 | One of the most attractive features for her was the garden , comprising ten hectares of parkland , which they converted to pasture and brought over their own flock of texel sheep . |
| 29 | Behind her was the bulk of Mrs Burrows , also thickly padded with fur , flanked by the stalwart figure of Harry and the morose and drooping one of his father . |
| 30 | She had no illusions about her physical attractions ; what drew men to her was the power of her personality . |