Example sentences of "her [verb] be a " in BNC.
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1 | She suspected that for her to cook was a debasement of proper status , perhaps embarrassing for the kitchen maid , at her elbow for lowly tasks , or , more particularly , for Silly-Willie who waited at the stairhead to escort her safely down . |
2 | She was squatting down in the photograph and Sabrina estimated her to have been a little over five feet with a slender petite figure and a pale , milky complexion . |
3 | The cop who 'd collected her had been a crowd control unit , the full cyborg . |
4 | Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles . |
5 | Grainne had nodded , and she had done as she was told , but deep within her had been a spurt of anger , for when had Dierdriu ever borne loss , when had Dierdriu ever lost a lover ? |
6 | She had convinced herself that the intense impact which Vitor d'Arcos had once had on her had been a much exaggerated memory , the figment of an overheated imagination . |
7 | Penry 's wonderful , gratifying desire for her had been a healing fire which had cured her forever of the wounds dealt by Guy . |