Example sentences of "[was/were] her duty " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had known of how the Greeks slaughtered the bearers of bad tidings she might have taken longer to decide it was her duty , but , as it was , she saw no need to fear for herself , only for the person to whom she would relate the devastating news . |
| 2 | And each third Sunday of the month was the evening that she detested , when she must take the political studies lecture for Camp 3 , Zone I. It was her duty , Yuri had said . |
| 3 | She had trained as a teacher , and was the daughter of a Colonel of KGB and a probationer member of the Party , it was her duty to participate in the re-education of prisoners . |
| 4 | Yuri had said it was her duty . |
| 5 | Such was her instinct , such was her duty . |
| 6 | Instead of simply going to bed , she insisted on returning , believing that it was her duty to try and fulfil her obligations . |
| 7 | When Mussolini took over in Italy , Anna decided that it was her duty to make her protest on Italian soil as an Italian citizen ( a not too vulnerable one for the time being , but she tried her best ) . |
| 8 | It was her duty to tell me — a ‘ mother 's duty ’ — that my obstinate refusal to comply with Jean-Claude 's wishes meant I was becoming a burden to him . |
| 9 | For those reasons , I would declare that it was within the power of the single justice ; indeed , it was her duty on the Friday to complete the proceeding under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 , and that it was unlawful for her to adjourn the matter to the following Monday , she having no power to do so , and that the decision of the justices on the Monday was correct . |
| 10 | She did n't want to be the one to do that although she knew it was her duty . |
| 11 | Playing the spy was not something that came naturally to her , but in this particular instance she sensed it was her duty . |
| 12 | And it was her duty to be guided by an intellectual judgement and authority that was superior to hers — in other words , her husband 's or her father 's . |