Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [prep] her [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 2 | It 's not my family you know , ’ because it was better for her to stop . |
| 3 | She realised it was thoughtless of her to have rushed out and not said where she would be going , nor that she would n't want anything to eat . |
| 4 | Joe wrote nearly every day to Sarah , enclosing the letters in an envelope addressed to Maureen , and now it was easy for her to deliver them . |
| 5 | It was galling to her to observe his change in demeanour . |
| 6 | When Daniel saw his wife coming towards the cubicle to offer comfort where he could n't he flailed his arms and drove her away , leaving Mrs Marriott to cry on , not even telling himself it was good for her to cry , since how could he know , how could he imagine ? |
| 7 | Another person with a very busy schedule , it was good of her to find time to come to speak to us on the subject of working with the mentally handicapped . |
| 8 | The sisters would be told that Buzz had agreed it was best for her to leave . |
| 9 | He sensed a tension in the air , prickling with Blufton 's bruised ego , and thought it was best for her to defuse it . |
| 10 | It was rare for her to have missed two in a row , as now . |
| 11 | The only thing she understood was that having told Eliot she would help Shildon , it was impossible for her to back out . |
| 12 | Handicapped by serfdom , primitive agricultural methods , and the far-flung , inconvenient location of her natural resources , it was impossible for her to keep pace . |
| 13 | One young woman stated that it was impossible for her to come off and stay off while her partner was still using : |
| 14 | We do not need to be told that the factory girls were probably doing their best to make sure that it was impossible for her to pass without brushing against them , and that this would be construed as an insult . |
| 15 | But Stephen made no reply , and it was impossible for her to tell what he was thinking behind his impassive face . |
| 16 | With two hundred students it was impossible for her to know everyone but she enjoyed the air of camaraderie , companionship , being in it together , the sense of fun . |
| 17 | And then again , ignorance er , at what she should subsequently have done er , then took over because she did n't realise that by having had er made contact with an individual erm it was necessary for her to report the matter to the police and she just did n't realise that that was something that she should have done . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It was stupid of her to try to intervene between Jem Higgins and his Poll . ’ |
| 20 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 21 | But he was so close , his other hand pulling her hard against his naked chest , his face so near to her own that it was difficult for her to breathe — so difficult that she had to open her mouth to draw in air only to find that he 'd taken advantage of the opportunity to deepen his kiss into one of familiarity . |
| 22 | She coughed , and when her nose was plugged up it was difficult for her to suck properly ; she cried to be fed all through the night and Phoebe got more and more tired , more and more passive and despairing and guilty . |
| 23 | She was very afraid of taking weight through her left leg , and could only feel deep sensations on her left side , so that it was difficult for her to know where her arm and leg were in space . |
| 24 | It was open to her to come back at any time . |
| 25 | " He did n't think it was proper for her to tell you about her complain . " |
| 26 | Somehow , whatever she was to him , it was important for her to believe that . |
| 27 | Nor did Rosa Jacobsen stick slavishly to one version of a tale ; it was important to her to show how many angles a single event could be viewed from . |
| 28 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 29 | She hesitated for a moment , a dim figure in the dark kitchen , distinguished by a brown balloon of a mob-cap and a coarse sacking apron which fell from her neck to her feet like a monstrous bib : it was hard for her to accept defeat . |
| 30 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |