Example sentences of "[be] her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am her current beau . ’ |
| 2 | Particularly eminent nowadays are her former tutor , Ian Brownie , now Chichele Professor of Public International law at Oxford , David Williams , now Vice Chancellor of Cambridge , and also John Smith , now Professor Smith , CBE , QC , LLD , FBA , and recently retired from the Department . |
| 3 | She is the daughter of an English mother and a Pakistani father , who says that it is her Asian looks which are her greatest asset . |
| 4 | Her morality is not dictated by patriarchal norms , but rather guided by the belief that women 's needs are her sole concern . |
| 5 | She met me in London wearing a wide-brimmed hat , khaki shorts and a loose white top ; she says she loves showing off , feels her legs are her best feature and that short skirts suit her . |
| 6 | Special cards are always appreciated at times like these — my grandmother says that cards are her favourite part of the proceedings . |
| 7 | Her Anecdote s , Biographical Sketches , and Memoirs ( 1822 ) and Memoirs , Anecdotes , Facts and Opinions ( 1824 ) , which is more personal and autobiographical , are her best-known work , and they were abridged and adapted by Francis Henry Skrine ( 1926 ) and D. H. Simpson ( 1978 ) . |
| 8 | The background was that Stanley 's first wife had died six years previously , and Joan had been her best friend . |
| 9 | Two sources of emotional stability had been whipped from under her feet in relatively quick succession — though it was hardly right to compare them — her mother had been her best friend , her chief confidante , almost a soul-mate . |
| 10 | Horner 's fierce forehand had been her best weapon , but Soutter was able to contain it with steady and accurate driving and a calm mind . |
| 11 | When other girls , jealous of her looks and the doors they opened for her , jealous especially of the way the boys flocked after her , made spiteful remarks , Sally had always been her fiercest champion . |
| 12 | My Dad had been her only friend . |
| 13 | She woke up in bed with a man with a red beard , but from the snide remarks and sideways looks of those fellow guests who were still there in the morning gathered that he had not been her only partner of the night . |
| 14 | It had been her only gain ; she did not mean to let it be whittled away . |
| 15 | Gullholm had been her entire world for almost a fortnight , except for the trip to the nursing home . |
| 16 | Even music , which had always been her ultimate solace , failed to take her mind off him . |
| 17 | It had been her overwhelming need for money — a great deal of money — which had drawn her to the London Metal Exchange . |
| 18 | Well , she had shrugged her shoulders metaphorically at that , and oh , how she wished that she had heeded him , instead of going on what she now saw clearly had been her wilful way . |
| 19 | It had been her private dream for years to amass a fortune and ease her mother 's life . |
| 20 | The old Gina , the one who had guarded her own virginity as if it had been her sole worth , would have awakened from the experience ashamed and remorseful . |
| 21 | It had been her first time , she did n't love him , they did n't use any contraception and she definitely did n't expect to be pregnant as a result . |
| 22 | He could have been her phantom bridegroom sleeping and , overwhelmed , she slept . |
| 23 | Wilfrid seems to have been her spiritual adviser : she had endowed his new monastery in Hexham , he had veiled her on her entry to religion , and Ecgfrith had reportedly offered Wilfrid land and wealth in order to get him to persuade the queen to live as his wife . |
| 24 | Although Adam pointed out that a profit was projected for the whole group , and that the group expansion had been phenomenal , Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old , less comfortable days — not so very long ago — when KITS had been her brilliant baby |
| 25 | When Joanne had first contemplated changing her classroom practice , the GCSE had been her prime motivation . |
| 26 | Had not concern been her prime motive in going at once to Mrs Browning ? |
| 27 | Her main claim to influence had been her close association with President Reagan . |
| 28 | Michelle 's starring role opposite Jack Nicholson , Cher and Susan Sarandon in The Witches Of Eastwick is the one that first brought her to the attention of British audiences , however This month we 'll see her as saucy , sexy restaurant manageress Jo Ann Vallenari alongside Mel Gibson in Tequila Sunrise , and in Dangerous Liaisons- But it has been her straight lead role in the comedy Married To The Mob that has ignited the American critics ' praise . |
| 29 | Somehow , she knew it had been her one chance to reproduce , and that it had passed . |
| 30 | For ten years he had been her constant companion . |