Example sentences of "[was/were] her [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As were her clothes . |
| 2 | In her wardrobe were her clothes , on the dressing-table her radio . |
| 3 | Why were her clothes here ? |
| 4 | Elizabeth and William Twining [ qq.v. ] were her siblings . |
| 5 | But there appears not to have been , for instance , any of that sterile rivalry between man and wife which is now the bane of middle-class society with any claims to cultural or intellectual interests ; plainly Mrs Lowndes and the young matrons who were her friends did not seethe resentfully at having their intellectual and imaginative capacities shackled to kitchen and nursery , whereas their husbands could exercise theirs in the great world . |
| 6 | Another part of Phoebe hated herself for this cynical internal grin , because these were her friends and she was indubitably one of them , and could not imagine being otherwise . |
| 7 | However much he may have charmed them , they were her friends not his , and they 'd have inevitably sided with her in this fiasco . |
| 8 | As Ross monopolised her company , and claimed her for every dance , Laura was dimly aware that not only were her friends amazed , and frankly envious , but that she and Ross were the focus of all eyes , and much gossip . |
| 9 | ‘ Most precious and rich were her robes , and shining to behold , with rich stones and orient pearle beset . ’ |
| 10 | Where were her defences against this tender assault ? |
| 11 | Where were her keys ? |
| 12 | But most notable of all were her qualities of disposition and character . |
| 13 | They were beautiful combs , expensive combs , and now they were her combs . |
| 14 | So fine was her memory and so good were her stories about everyone from Mrs Simpson ( ‘ so angular , all elbows and knees ’ ) to Stanley Baldwin ( ‘ a terrible old humbug about the countryside ’ ) that it was a great pity she refused to write her memoirs . |
| 15 | Personally , she could n't stand homes but these days Jack 's interests were her interests . |
| 16 | These were her watchwords . |
| 17 | He did not want to be bothered with the problems she encountered , with water that seemed brackish or ceilings that had cracked — they were her concerns and , as she complained in a letter to Minnie : — I am driven to distraction with those household concerns with which you will be familiar Minnie but then in your case you have but to report them for them to be seen to by the master who will instruct the butler to bring in workmen and I am obliged to go out and seek my own help which is no easy thing . |
| 18 | All she had were her memories . |
| 19 | And there were her looks . |
| 20 | And there were her looks , nobody could forget them , nobody except herself ; she never did a thing about them , as women do these days , she never gave a damn : as my father used to say , she wears her beauty lightly . |
| 21 | ‘ Were her fears rational ? ’ |
| 22 | They were her employers , that was all . |
| 23 | Who were her parents ? |
| 24 | Why was that , was that Were her parents di Had her parents died ? |
| 25 | So were her feelings . |
| 26 | All she omitted were her feelings for Damian , because they were too private , too intense and too confusing . |
| 27 | Again he mirrored her meanings back , and he held up the distorted black lumps that were her errors of syntax . |
| 28 | Nancy moved among them for a while , making them welcome , peering into their pale faces with the object of discovering which were her grandchildren . |
| 29 | Yeah she 's Katie she bought what were her chances of re-ordering it you know |
| 30 | At first it was even hard to tell whether or not she could hear , so unused were her senses . |