Example sentences of "be [adj] for her " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been humiliating for her to accept that after helping him to create an empire within show business , he should choose to spend his time with a younger woman . |
| 2 | It would have been humiliating for her to say to her mother , ‘ I had nothing to do with it ; it was the bright boy who made the suggestion to the grand dame . ’ |
| 3 | In Ego Dormio he explains to the Sister that as she grows in her love of Christ , she will find nothing matters to her but this love and the sin of man which disfigures it , and that all this is focused by thinking on the Passion of Christ : Although in The Form he makes it clear to Margaret that it is difficult to be too prescriptive about meditation , since God will put the kind of thoughts into her heart that are right for her , he does say in Emendatio Vitae that beginners in spiritual life may find the words of others helpful ( 8.120.31 – 2 ) and on occasions he himself wrote meditations on the Passion which embody his understanding of the catalysis they are designed to help . |
| 4 | Did Lucy think of herself as that heterosexually convenient phenomenon , the ‘ non-orgasmic woman ’ ; had sex been awful for her ? |
| 5 | It has been possible for her to work there within the family environment , which stimulates not only her own creativity but that of others . |
| 6 | However , since there had been open and vigorous debate about what everyone wanted , it had been possible for her to exercise considerable discretion on the department 's behalf when ordering , or selecting at book suppliers . |
| 7 | Actually I am sorry for her . |
| 8 | The friend lived at the end of the Piccadilly Line so Dennis had insisted on escorting Gillian to Covent Garden when Leicester Square would have been easier for her . |
| 9 | Jarvis had once seen a poor girl 's skirt blown over her head and been embarrassed for her . |
| 10 | She endured his company , that was all ; he told himself that she behaved in all ways like a young lady : it would not have been proper for her to show more feeling . |
| 11 | Then you could edit them for her , if you feel you are willing for her to use them … . |
| 12 | It would have been easy for her to pass for a white girl . |
| 13 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 14 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 15 | It could n't have been easy for her , a young unmarried mother , coming back to Ireland . |
| 16 | ‘ It ca n't have been easy for her . |
| 17 | Sally-Anne loved a dare , and Terry Rourke 's appeal had been frank and animal — he had excited her , and it had been simple for her to lie to her mother , to set out to go to a girlfriend 's home on the following afternoon and meet Terry instead . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , of course — the meeting to discuss the Christmas bazaar , ’ said Ianthe , remembering now that it would have been impossible for her to have had the quiet evening she had planned . |
| 19 | Her awareness of him was so intense that if his whole body had been dominating hers it would have been impossible for her to have felt more at the mercy of her own emotions . |
| 20 | A huge , icing-covered cake with a welcome-home message from airport staff greeted the plucky youngster on her arrival and she quickly tucked into the tasty treat — something that would have been impossible for her just a few months ago . |
| 21 | I said well I said I do n't know if they 're alright for her cos I have n't seen her so I ca n't tell . |
| 22 | It must have been hard for her — uprooted and transported to a strange country — not to know what was happening to her and her mother , apart from the fact that somehow or other they 'd been able to join up again with the father . |
| 23 | It would have been better for her to have an abortion , but by the time she told her mother it was too late , so she kept the baby . |
| 24 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The assistant has given us some vital information even though it must have been embarrassing for her . ’ |
| 25 | He had returned earlier in the day and Maeve was as ecstatic to see him as he had been hungry for her . |
| 26 | Martin was a close friend of the family as well as his business partner and Varna had been happy for her to go with him . |
| 27 | He had been concerned for her . |
| 28 | ( Daisy would be upset for her . |
| 29 | Save The Children Fund and children throughout the world have every reason to be grateful for her unstinting efforts . |
| 30 | ‘ If Molly comes home to this mess at Christmas , then I 'm sorry for her , ’ asserted Mrs Tilling . |