Example sentences of "was [prep] her [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 2 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 3 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 4 | No one would know how hard it was for her to act the bride she would never be . |
| 5 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 6 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |
| 7 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 8 | The original plan was for her to make a solo album on the label , produced by Prince and featuring songs written by Prince . |
| 9 | The New York Herald headlined ‘ These Girl 's Do n't Drink , Smoke or Flirt ’ and printed an article , attributed to Mary , in which she explained how difficult it was for her to maintain discipline in a society where young girls were surrounded on every side by such bad examples of free and easy ways in all walks of life . |
| 10 | It was unlike her to miss a heart condition in a special patient . |
| 11 | Undry was in her mind , shedding troubled surges of light through deep darkness ; what am I going to do ? she wondered , and knew it was beyond her to decide anything . |