Example sentences of "[verb] she [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 2 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 3 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
| 4 | Nothing was said to indicate she had a proprietary interest in the house . |
| 5 | A brief moment of the winter which pursued her sent a scampering chill through the warm place . |
| 6 | And I 'll tell you something more : it would have been hidden up , as many another 's been , an' she would have been dumped somewhere , or found in the canal , but one of the lasses that found her had a screaming fit and ran out into the street , went barmy , they said , yelling , ‘ She 's hung herself ! |
| 7 | She says she heard a loud gunshot and saw a man lying on the ground . |
| 8 | She says she had a perfect childhood , an almost miraculous childhood . |
| 9 | Ms Sheehy says she received a flat denial of any impropriety . |
| 10 | Her former landlady says she used a different name when taking on the tenancy of the property . |
| 11 | As she went to answer she noticed a white envelope addressed to her in Luke 's handwriting lying on the doormat . |
| 12 | I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton though would like to have felt she had a little bit more in reserve . |
| 13 | Two rows of pegs decorated her succulent crack , making it appear she had a wooden hedgehog between her legs . |
| 14 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 15 | At his urging she raised a tentative hand as if at school , and Karlinsky smiled down at her . |
| 16 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
| 17 | For the first time since her escape she was very conscious of the fact that she had given birth only a month before and could even fancy she felt a pulling sensation where the fundament stitches had been . |
| 18 | ‘ You mean she made a new will ? ’ |
| 19 | For a moment she relaxed against him , then as his words penetrated she saw a mental picture of those same arms encircling Dawn . |
| 20 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 21 | The year the shop opened she hired a new dress designer , Jacqui Smale , fresh from the Royal College of Art , and told her how sensible she thought it was to wear uniform because this removed the agonies of planning what to wear each day as well as the decisions about accessories to go with the clothes . |
| 22 | He recalls : ‘ When she arrived she made a rude comment followed by a giggle . |
| 23 | now this is an old rumour and er , he was an officer , er I think in the RAF and he had erm an accident his plane crashed and he died and this is why she dresses in military uniform all the time sort , you know she went a little bit deranged |
| 24 | As she talked to key people and travelled round Britain on her preliminary fact-finding tour she discovered she had a big area of ignorance . |
| 25 | Add to this the impending introduction of the reforms to community care and the prospect of a tight year of NHS spending in 1993–4 and you could forgive Virginia Bottomley for wishing she had a different portfolio . |
| 26 | It came to her now just how little she knew about him — much less than he knew about her life , which was to a great extent an open book , despite his determination to believe she had a dark side . |
| 27 | Mrs Over said : ‘ In November last year she was working extremely hard and decided she needed a three-week holiday . |
| 28 | Watching him , Lindsey could have sworn she saw a sudden brightness in his eyes before he was handing the infant over . |
| 29 | The nature of Alix 's profession demanded she kept a certain amount of medical equipment around . |
| 30 | Similarly , any woman who felt she had a potential claim as a result of a silicone breast implant was urged to consult with a solicitor as soon as possible . |