Example sentences of "much for she " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sleeping peaceful beauty had been almost too much for her . |
| 2 | So she left it all to herself and tried to carry on but it was too much for her . |
| 3 | Leo , you must tell her that it is Doctor 's Orders that she must not look after her father any more — that it is too much for her — that she need not even see her father until she is quite well enough , and the doctor has himself offered to find a suitable place , so that she will know her father will be well looked after . |
| 4 | He wanted very much for her to know how much he loved her , so he had called her ‘ Mam ’ , then ‘ Angel ’ , and now ‘ Sweetheart ’ , because it made her happy . |
| 5 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
| 6 | Luckily Miss Malley was on leave at the time , otherwise this event might just have been too much for her . |
| 7 | ‘ I did think it might be too much for her , but her history of the ship was excellent , ’ he says . |
| 8 | She is in shock and in pain and requires an immediate transfusion of love and an injection of strength in the form of your quiet sympathy and understanding , and practical help with all the arrangements she has to make , as well as assistance with the simple routines of daily living ; for even these may be too much for her to cope with alone while she is engaged in the important and necessary task of grieving . |
| 9 | This proved too much for her ; she burst into tears ; I comforted her . |
| 10 | THE Queen Mother will not be attending Princess Anne 's wedding to Commander Tim Laurence at Balmoral on Saturday because it is feared the 1,000-mile round trip would be too much for her . |
| 11 | ‘ She loved it , Eddie , you know I think it was almost too much for her , she could n't seem to take it all in , so many things , a bag and shoes , and socks , on top of everything . |
| 12 | She found the responsibility of being the Mayor 's wife almost too much for her , and was in a constant flutter for fear she forgot something in connection with the entertainment of the steady procession of guests , important to Tollemarche , who filed through her home . |
| 13 | An empty stomach and the pain of her ankle had been too much for her . |
| 14 | But this last winter was too much for her , poor lady . ’ |
| 15 | Her mother was reported in the Star as saying : ‘ It has all been too much for her . |
| 16 | She was a young and sensitive girl growing up , and she found things too much for her . ’ |
| 17 | It all became too much for her — the rows with Ivy in the shop and marriage to the pompous pudding , Alf . |
| 18 | Her excitement , as she sat next to him on the narrow dirty furry seat of the bus , was almost too much for her . |
| 19 | Louise Dunstaple , who had once been so fair , now looked like some consumptive Irish girl you might find walking the London streets ; in spite of the angry red spots on her pale brow she no longer wore the poultice of flour … the temptation had been too much for her and she had eaten it . |
| 20 | Their mother inevitably expends a great deal of her energy in providing them with milk and the task of carrying them as well is too much for her . |
| 21 | The strain of prolonged interviews might have been too much for her . ’ |
| 22 | So now he sat there , his napkin tucked around his chin , smiling gently : a mild-natured , weak , weakened old man , loyal to his bully of a wife , glad to be included , glad Shirley had n't found it all too much for her , grateful to sit there in the warmth of the nice oil-fired 1970s central heating . |
| 23 | Speaking her lover 's name was almost too much for her . |
| 24 | The Lewis Carroll logic of this was too much for her ; she ran up a white flag , acknowledging defeat . |
| 25 | Bathsheba 's feelings were almost too much for her to control , and she sat down suddenly in the grass . |
| 26 | She said I was too much for her , and I assume she thought she was being admiring , though she certainly meant I was not enough . |
| 27 | The excitement of Cynthia 's revelation had been too much for her and Cynthia now anxiously rang the bell for the nurse . |
| 28 | He had told her a lot the previous night , too much for her to take in , but the salient points stuck out clearly in her mind . |
| 29 | He shades the rock pool with a rush mat , so she does n't overheat , for she looks delicate , as if the sun on the water 'd get too much for her . |
| 30 | I think Angharad is too much for her . |