Example sentences of "be [noun] to her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped at the graveyard to visit the dead ; but as , even alive , they would all have been strangers to her she felt intrusive . |
| 2 | As for us , we have your story , we have a saint who has made her way back to us by strange ways , and we have those who have been friends to her on that journey , and may well believe , as you believe , that the lady has been in control of her own destiny , and choosing her own friends and her own dependants . |
| 3 | It was a joke , she realized , they were being kind to her ; celebrating , welcoming her . |
| 4 | Here , she took a step back and called on Ferdinando to discuss Garibaldi and his Red Shirts and the promises of Cavour — they were names to her and nothing more . |
| 5 | Normally lies and deceit were anathema to her , and she was angry and rueful that since meeting him she had twice allowed circumstances to trap her into using them . |
| 6 | Publicity officer Frances Hopwood told the Herald : ‘ It would be a difficult task trying to report on the many aspects of Le Court which have benefited from her influence and forward thinking during these 19 years but it is thanks to her that Le Court has evolved to be the ‘ flagship of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation ’ . ’ |
| 7 | It varies from person to person obviously now know that Laura is talk to her ask a question after nine minutes erm absorbed to knowledge . |
| 8 | If we 've done well this year , and we have , it 's thanks to her — ’ Gasping , a hand pressed to his chest , he collapsed on his bed . |
| 9 | He had n't really understood that it was work to her . |
| 10 | It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Trying to trip me up ? ’ queried Leith , giving no inkling that this was news to her . |
| 12 | Racial hatred was anathema to her . |
| 13 | In any case , the mere word was anathema to her , she thought fiercely . |
| 14 | And yet what was Fritz to her ? |