Example sentences of "be [noun sg] [prep] her " in BNC.

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31 ‘ I think it was agony for her often , the balance between No 1 and No 2 .
32 It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband .
33 There was movement around her .
34 There was passion in her , showing itself in anger , yet she fought to control it .
35 It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ .
36 ‘ Trying to trip me up ? ’ queried Leith , giving no inkling that this was news to her .
37 Like tonight : Sylvia did n't come home and everybody was world about her .
38 Racial hatred was anathema to her .
39 In any case , the mere word was anathema to her , she thought fiercely .
40 's father was master of her at one stage .
41 ‘ H.B. was cross with her about the cat . ’
42 All Marion 's life he had grumbled about being both a father and a mother to her and when she was small she had felt that he was cross with her .
43 Her father was cross with her , if not downright angry , and she felt like weeping inside .
44 If she did n't know him better , she would have said he was cross with her .
45 Yanto arranged to pick them up outside Sharpness Coop Sunday morning , after which Mary said it was time for her to go home .
46 Sarah refused to think about the inevitable separation from Corrie when it was time for her to be returned to the Foundling Hospital .
47 As she moved off with the other mounted followers , Artemis determined that if her father thought it was time for her to stop riding ponies and learn to hunt on a horse , then so be it .
48 Her friends were settled , politics infinitely depressing , she came to the decision to make some break ; it was time for her to go .
49 When they 'd covered more or less everything and it was time for her to go , Angelica walked with her to the main door .
50 The beeper alarm on Diane 's watch sounded as they were driving back , the signal that it was time for her to go and collect the litterbug Jed from his minder .
51 When it was time for her to leave , he walked out into the sun to open the driveway gates .
52 And he was always up before it was time for her to call him .
53 Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start .
54 ‘ Of course , ’ Fabia replied , and from then until it was time for her to drive Cara to the airport she listened intently to all her sister had to impart .
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