Example sentences of "[adj] to her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is different , yes , but we see that difference as a uniqueness peculiar to her . |
| 2 | The rest of the grounds were unfamiliar to her . |
| 3 | ‘ Scope ? ’ echoed Lady Selvedge as if the word were unfamiliar to her . |
| 4 | Perhaps her husband was faithful to her , as he swore ; in her present mood , that seemed just as deplorable as his imagined infidelities . |
| 5 | The lady in the story ( as plainly told as it is titled ) inexplicably turns , halfway through an ordinary afternoon , into a bright-eyed vixen ; and the man in the story , equally inexplicably , Boy thought , remains faithful to her and loves her dearly even when she leaves him in order to raise a family with another animal and he even , in the end , goes mad with love for her . |
| 6 | Marje says in the book that her life was split between her husband and Levy , both now dead , each of whom she claims were entirely faithful to her . |
| 7 | And both , she insists , were faithful to her . |
| 8 | Billy Crystal has a perfect wife and beautiful daughter but feels rattrapped trying to support them , Daniel Stern is having an affair with a teenage supermarket assistant and has been reduced to pretending to sleep at social gatherings in order to avoid his nagging wife , and womanising Bruno Kirby has finally tied the knot with a glamorous bimbo half his age ( ‘ soon he 'll be dating sperm ’ , observes Crystal ) and agonises over whether he can stay faithful to her . |
| 9 | ‘ Although I pity my wife , I do not feel under any obligation to remain faithful to her . |
| 10 | The realisation that , no matter what Roman might have said to her , and whether he was faithful to her or not , he and Stephanie were a couple … |
| 11 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 12 | He was faithful to her — but not strictly faithful , if you get my meaning . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It was several months before the truth finally dawned on me that although I was being entirely faithful to her she had no inhibitions about sleeping with other men for kicks . ’ |
| 14 | You certainly were n't faithful to her today — unless you believe it 's OK for men to have double standards ? |
| 15 | It is clear to her that the old ropes are still being pulled by the new masters . |
| 16 | Clare was at first protective and maternal , then weepy and emotional , and finally , when the implications of what Rachel was doing became clear to her , she was furious . |
| 17 | She stumbled over the words , muttered and blushed , her duplicity and stupidity so abundantly clear to her that she was surprised that the charming young woman did not immediately leap to her feet , denounce her as an impostor and throw her out onto the street again . |
| 18 | For a reason not quite clear to her , Erika felt embarrassed , as if there were an irony in Karl 's words , especially the reference to Albania , which she felt she was not clever enough to understand . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , no , Doctor , please , ’ Lily cried , as the threat to Vincent 's future , inherent in the command , became clear to her . |
| 20 | It was now clear to her that France was alone and must do the best it could by its own efforts . |
| 21 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
| 22 | Mrs Frizzell digested this truth , and the import of it slowly became clear to her . |
| 23 | Before very long , however , it was to be made abundantly clear to her that legal equality was not enough ; the ability to exert force was the key not merely to ascendancy , but also to genuine equality . |
| 24 | He looked at Kate as he said this and the message was quite clear to her . |
| 25 | The explanation which had been so clear to her when she shut the book by the pool now seemed only a thought , whimsical and without any solid foundation . |
| 26 | ( 5 ) That he failed to explain the transaction properly to the wife and in particular did not make it clear to her that the charge attached to her beneficial interest in the property ( the home ) as well as her husband's. ( 6 ) In the circumstances under ( 4 ) Mr. Williams was negligent in his dealings with Mrs. Perry . |
| 27 | Everything had become clear to her because of that scene . |
| 28 | It was clear to her that something was wrong — something beyond what the voice was talking about . |
| 29 | After the war it became clear to her that the one heroic thing she was even faintly equipped to do with her life was to teach herself to die honourably , by which she meant without fear . |
| 30 | And it had become increasingly clear to her that some of the more bizarre aspects of Johnny 's intrusion into her life would be difficult , perhaps impossible , to explain away . |