Example sentences of "[noun prp] be her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in here Jean was her washing bowl full of washing soap in and her bits and pieces like tights and that . |
| 2 | Donna was her sister . |
| 3 | The wind on Crow Hill was her darling . |
| 4 | When Sam flopped as she hosted the 1989 Brit pop awards Pat was her shoulder to cry on . |
| 5 | But he speaks the , the wo A Ann was her name , she said that he speaks too softly to go on to that . |
| 6 | This jowl-shaking , glowering personification of Britishness was her press secretary , Bernard Ingham — now Sir Bernard . |
| 7 | In that , Travis was her ally . |
| 8 | Naylor thought Travis was her lover , and she could n't tell Naylor that he was n't — not without bringing in Rosemary across the corridor . |
| 9 | She shook off the treacherous thought ; Dana was her twin and she loved her with all her faults — goodness knew , she had enough of her own . |
| 10 | Not only had David Anthony been her grandfather 's name , but the name he had given his adopted son . |
| 11 | ‘ And this Sharpe is her husband ? ’ |
| 12 | My Aunt lives there , Jane Harvard is her name . ’ |
| 13 | Gail is her apprentice as it were . |
| 14 | Or Alan was her father , and Celia not her mother . |
| 15 | Mrs Finklestein was the midwife and Mrs Robovitch was her helper . |
| 16 | Not only had Margrida assumed that Simon was her boyfriend , but Celeste had clearly thought the same yesterday — and just now a hearty , middle-aged Dalgety executive had stopped her to say how fortunate their new driver was to have such a pretty and successful young lady as his amor . |
| 17 | Brenda was her flatmate . |
| 18 | Fredegar elaborated on the story , providing interesting detail about Geneva being her place of exile . |
| 19 | Ann Marie Ritchie is also related to the family-Willy Hassan is her uncle ! |
| 20 | Born into a wealthy family — Charles Dickens was her great-grandfather — she had no intention of being ‘ married off ’ . |
| 21 | Margaret Wilkinson was her name . |
| 22 | Arrested with Mrs Dyer was her son-in-law , a Mr Arthur Palmer , who happened to be living with her at the time . |
| 23 | Martin was a warm , attractive man , but Stephen was her husband , the man to whom she intended to stay married . |
| 24 | It was strange that she was in no way jealous of Jessie being her father 's choice for betterment , because Jessie herself had n't wanted to go to the Secretarial School , nor had her mother wanted her to go . |
| 25 | The one thing that drew me to Elsie was her disability . |
| 26 | Sanborn was her idol and she tried to get to as many of his live gigs as possible when he was playing in New York . |
| 27 | Victoria knew her Uncle Donald was something to do with the Queen 's castle , and that Aunt Rose was her father 's sister . |
| 28 | Constance Richards was her passenger in the jeep on Saturday , as they made their way to the little church of Santa Barbara . |
| 29 | Audra was her name , and she was nice-looking all right : thin , but still very womanly looking , if you understand me . |
| 30 | Her job with the House of Mattli was her life . |