Example sentences of "[pers pn] be sorry for her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually I am sorry for her . |
| 2 | ‘ Why should n't I be sorry for her ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If Molly comes home to this mess at Christmas , then I 'm sorry for her , ’ asserted Mrs Tilling . |
| 4 | ‘ I was sorry for her . |
| 5 | ‘ I loved my mother , ’ said Irina , ‘ at least I was sorry for her . |
| 6 | I was sorry for her , but in my opinion she had only herself to blame for being in such a mess , and I was smugly self-satisfied that the problems were hers and not mine . |
| 7 | I was sorry for her , but what could I do ? |
| 8 | ‘ I was sorry for her , afterwards , ’ said Sam . |
| 9 | Jane found her an exhausting girl ( she was twenty-six ) and yet she was sorry for her . |
| 10 | My aunts , of course , thought her life had been tragic , and , because they were sorry for her , curbed their natural tartness and tried to talk about what interested her . |