His vain efforts to seduce her showed he was barking up the wrong tree; she was a mother of two tots.

He loves no one but her.

No one was absent except her.

Her harsh manner of speaking doesn't suit her pretty face.

She's on a roll.

She was at a loss what to do next.

She is not bad in herself.

She has a nice line in self-deprecation.

I'm afraid all my efforts to help her will be to no purpose.

She's new fish in the pond.