Example sentences of "she 'd [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None had guessed the desolation she 'd experienced or how she 'd built a protective screen around her emotions , determined that neither tears nor anger would betray her inner pain . |
| 2 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 3 | She 'd reached a floodlit clearing where a group of costumed dancers were performing , brilliant in pink skirts , white petticoats , black bodices and bright head-scarves . |
| 4 | Even though she knew in her heart of hearts that this could never last , she felt as though she 'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast , unfriendly sea . |
| 5 | Ever since she 'd seen a real arachnid close up she shuddered just at the word . |
| 6 | ‘ What about going to a movie ? ’ he added , asking if she 'd seen a French film which had opened in London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 7 | She 'd given a false name so he could n't trace her . |
| 8 | She 'd made a helpless gesture with one beautifully manicured hand . |
| 9 | She 'd made a funny face . |
| 10 | Did he imagine she 'd made a special attempt to impress him ? |
| 11 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 12 | Because when Wendy and Laura had returned they 'd brought a verbal message from Suzie to the effect that she 'd met a Danish boy and had no intention of returning to England to complete her studies . |
| 13 | Alone with Guido in the little boat , she 'd felt a constant sense of danger , like sitting on a time bomb that might go off at any second . |
| 14 | She was different herself , looking back on it : she 'd lost a certain naturalness , she did n't feel vivacious . |
| 15 | And yet for a moment in the kitchen she thought she 'd caught a fleeting expression almost of smugness on his face , as though something had pleased him . |
| 16 | A couple of winters ago , caught out on a patch of ice , she 'd had a mild argument with a lamppost , damaging more or less the same spot that had been damaged again today . |
| 17 | Second , on any other night Hilda might have dozed off in the chair , but not after she 'd had a flaming row with Viola . ’ |
| 18 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 19 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 20 | Lucinda came home from her first riding lesson and told her dad that she 'd had a great time . |
| 21 | In the days when it was briefly fashionable to be seen around with black people she had also been known as ‘ Missy ’ , and she 'd had a black lover then . |
| 22 | Diane had n't been a stunner , but she 'd had a pleasant face and a more than tolerably decent body . |
| 23 | She 'd had a terrible time at the birth . |
| 24 | He cut into her thoughts with a question about the ball and she repeated her earlier assurance that she 'd had a successful evening , adding that in all conscience she ought to have been driving back to London to work on some of the stories . |
| 25 | Tomorrow , when she 'd had a good night 's sleep , she 'd be much better capable of dealing with him . |
| 26 | Poor old thing — but she 'd had a good life by all accounts . ’ |
| 27 | By now she 'd had a good look at him . |
| 28 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 29 | She 'd had a wondrous time with another man , a time that filled her with remembered textures and sensations , that would have left her smiling now if Parr had not become so damned intrusive . |
| 30 | Aunt Alicia was old , she kept telling herself , and she 'd had a full life , and she died in her sleep with no pain , but somehow it did not seem to make it much better . |