Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] to her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose represented forcibly the necessity she felt of suffering this continual martyrdom in order to be conformable to her divine spouse . |
| 2 | The Church of Christ has great cause to be thankful to her Lord for the life and work of His servant , Richard Baxter . |
| 3 | It seemed to be essential to her sense of identity , but I was finding it wearisome . |
| 4 | ‘ He told that her next responsibility was to be loyal to her husband above all else . |
| 5 | ‘ He said that her next responsibility was to be loyal to her husband above all else . |
| 6 | She longed to be close to her mother , or talking to Louise or cycling up the drive towards the grim yews of Seaton Cramer Hall and the warm welcome of Miss Hatherby . |
| 7 | ‘ Number four nurse does n't want to be bad-mannered to her host , but she does n't want to be number four casualty . ’ |
| 8 | She wondered if Mrs Gray wanted to be fair to her husband and to avoid mentioning him in a role which showed him having to report to HQ , as it were ; or whether she wanted to be fair to Canon Wheeler , about whom , her tone suggested , she might share her husband 's opinion . |
| 9 | Cordelia , like Coriolanus , is being forced into a ceremony in which she would have to be false to her own nature . |