Example sentences of "[vb past] be her father " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being English she knew little about wine — that had been her father 's province . |
| 2 | He looked like a buccaneer of old except that he wore not the wide-sleeved shirts and breeches of the past but the rough working clothes that had been her father 's . |
| 3 | She wore no jewellery , except a gold and platinum twisted ring that some friend had given her , and the heavy signet ring , perhaps it had been her father 's , that weighted one hand . |
| 4 | Jenna had never known if that last advice had come from her mother or if it had been her father 's order . |
| 5 | Terry Rourke had been her father 's chauffeur , a handsome , black-haired Irishman , with a lively , impudent face , quite unlike Dr Neil 's . |
| 6 | Nightingale had been her father 's amah for five years , and was younger than Rachel , but was hard-working and loyal , kept the villa as clean as a new pin , and was becoming a part of the family . |
| 7 | Apparently , a lot of the trouble they had was her father ! |