Example sentences of "it [was/were] a [noun] [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as some moonstruck Juliet would if it were a picture of her other-side-of-the-world Romeo . |
| 2 | It was a mark of her artistic intelligence and independence that she did not choose to dish up a pot-pourri of well tried favourites for the occasion , drawing attention to herself rather than the music . |
| 3 | It was a continuation of her misguided perception that she was a world power and had to protect her Commonwealth and maintain an independent presence in the world . |
| 4 | Pushing her back into her chair , he gave her back her glass and it was a measure of her distress that she actually reached out and took it . |
| 5 | First it was a little bit of yellow fish for her landlady 's cat — the poor thing was half starved — then it was a bulb for her bedside lamp , and lastly she remembered that a friend of hers had just opened in a play in Manchester and there just might be a review in the evening paper . |
| 6 | Whatever it was , Constance knew it was a betrayal of her father 's memory as well as being something of which Miss Hatherby could not approve . |
| 7 | It was a letter about her daily life , her family , her children and grandchildren , ‘ a precious human exchange ’ delicately penned by someone whom he had never met , from a country that he had hardly heard of , ‘ that became part of my flesh … a symbiosis developing between the correspondent and the prisoner ’ . |
| 8 | But it was not a parent — it was a letter for her brother Branwell . |
| 9 | It was a testimony to her parents ' efficiency . |
| 10 | It was a landmark in her life . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a condition of her gift to you the ten thousand pounds ’ capital to start KITS . ’ |
| 12 | Her husband found her one day wearing a rose pinned to her gown that was not from his garden , and guessed it was a gift from her lover . |
| 13 | It was a weight off her mind but her heart felt the weight now . |