Example sentences of "[vb past] was her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said , ‘ It is n't that , ’ but the words were muffled and all he caught was her tone of voice , thick with distress and remorse . |
| 2 | Aggie got the mousetraps , and the only thing they caught was her Harold 's big toe one night when he was hurrying down to the lavatory in the backyard . |
| 3 | All they found was her handbag . |
| 4 | This she discovered was her sort of place . |
| 5 | What mattered was her family , the people she loved , Oliver 's safety . |
| 6 | The first thing he saw was her blood group . |
| 7 | It was not a successful pilgrimage : ‘ the more she wept , the more irked was her man of the company , and the more he tried to go from her and leave her alone ’ . |
| 8 | Apparently , a lot of the trouble they had was her father ! |
| 9 | The only thing she omitted was her suspicion of Bryce the handyman . |
| 10 | The only memorable ‘ in the round ’ person she met was her host 's eighty-year-old mother , quick , intelligent and agile with , moreover , a sense of humour . |
| 11 | He heard her whistling to the radio beyond the half-closed door of what he presumed was her bedroom , and there was another door that could have led to the living-room . |
| 12 | In fact she and her friend Sophie Kimball spoke English all the time and the only thing she cultivated was her skiing . |
| 13 | The only card she held was her disguise . |