Example sentences of "[that] her [noun sg] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no way of knowing it was the same man who had interrogated Madeleine , then made her his mistress , any more than Madeleine could know that her friend was in the building being interrogated by him . |
| 2 | Certainly the driver seemed satisfied enough , she accorded with relief as with a smile he pointed to an illuminated notice indicating that her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway leading from the main street . |
| 3 | They found Bertha in a slightly drowsy state that signified drugs were keeping severe pain at bay , while a long bulge beneath the bedclothes indicated that her leg was in a plaster cast . |
| 4 | Herbert or Algy or Whatever — the very same who had said ( how original ! ) that her skin was like a peach … |
| 5 | It was this success story which prompted the Prime Minister 's Office to inform Laura that her name was on the forthcoming list of Queen 's Birthday Honours ; she was to be offered the OBE if this was ‘ agreeable ’ . |
| 6 | The mother had pointed out that her daughter was under the legal age for sexual intercourse , but the high priest had explained that the order had its own calendar . |
| 7 | She looked up at him , wide-eyed , then knelt down , so that her head was below the sill . |
| 8 | He left the cosy little restaurant to reappear a few minutes later with the announcement that her taxi was at the door and that he and Bob would go with her as far as her hotel . |
| 9 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |
| 10 | Nicole looked quite thrilled to have been asked the question , and she haltingly explained that her son was at a party and that they would be collecting him later that morning . |
| 11 | One of them was complaining in a quiet , slow alto voice that her husband was in the habit of leaving everything lying on the floor ; books , socks , newspapers , even matches and pipes . |
| 12 | Trembling and a little afraid , she gently struggled , vaguely aware that her husband was in the next room . |
| 13 | Oh rumour has it that her husband was in the forces |
| 14 | She said I could n't stay with her , that her aunty was in the house , things like that , so I had nowhere to go . |
| 15 | At the time of the revolt , the Queen and the Court were in residence for the summer at San Sebastian on Spain 's northern coast and once it became clear that her reign was at an end , Isabella crossed the frontier into France , asking Napoleon III for political asylum . |
| 16 | Dot knew that her father was at a place that Gloria rarely talked to other people about , but kept like some kind of secret . |
| 17 | It seemed to her that her mind was like an overfilled glass which only she could hold steady . |
| 18 | ‘ You c-ca n't … ’ she spluttered , trying not to panic that , if she 'd got it right — and she could n't see how else this swine of a man could threaten her — he was saying that her job was on the line ! |
| 19 | Rose perched on a stool so that her face was on a level with Lily and the woman had to look at her . |