Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] she [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth . |
| 2 | Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list . |
| 3 | Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully . |
| 4 | Indeed the London County Council had built her a special unit at Queen Mary 's Hospital Carshalton . |
| 5 | The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense . |
| 6 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 7 | She rarely smiled but this was not through a lack of good nature : her responsibilities had given her a serious expression . |
| 8 | He did not know that her vivid imagination had given her a convincing picture of Julia 's death . |
| 9 | She found a penny and two ha'pennies in her purse , and the publican had served her a little port in exchange , which she sipped close to the blazing fire . |
| 10 | Candy 's reaction had afforded her a certain degree of comfort at the time , but now as she sat in the dressing-room , she was aware of a strange hollowness deep in the pit of her stomach . |
| 11 | Just when she had been on the brink of despair , one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order . |
| 12 | That smile had afforded her a fleeting glimpse of another side of Adam Burns — a side that was warm and humorous . |
| 13 | Rune had given her a sharp glance as she replied , but then appeared to accept her question as an affirmative , as he took her firmly by the arm to lead her into his chosen restaurant . |
| 14 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 15 | She had twisted and turned , struggling to free herself to no avail , until a well-aimed kick had won her a temporary respite . |
| 16 | Then Sam had thrown her a pleading look , like a naughty little boy caught with his finger in the jam pot . |
| 17 | Maureen had given her an exasperated look . |
| 18 | Gabriel had given her a reasonable , sensible answer , as she knew he would , but she felt annoyed with his cool advice . |
| 19 | She said that Derek had told her the whole story . |
| 20 | Jack had left her a shamefaced note with no explanation , a humble note . |
| 21 | Lori had given her an old-fashioned look . |
| 22 | Beador had lent her a magnificent five-year-old mealy bay gelding , called Fontana . |
| 23 | She had n't become a whore because she wanted to ; it was because the money of perverted old men had offered her an easy way out of poverty — those same old men who would clamour for the investigation to be dropped . |
| 24 | Hotspur had promised her a fair deliverance , vouching for the prince no less than for himself , and in his promise she believed as in the mass . |
| 25 | One of my sisters got quite hysterical when I did it to her , so Mum had to give her a good shaking ! |
| 26 | Fortunately her upbringing had given her the social training to cope with these situations . |
| 27 | Mrs Bradshaw was a kindly lady , but half a lifetime as the wife of a top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence had given her an authoritative air which at times verged on the imperious . |
| 28 | Joyce had made her a mauve embroidered organza frock salvaged as usual from the poor box . |
| 29 | Mrs Burrows had made her a red coat with fur on the collar and cuffs and it suited her dark hair and huge brown eyes perfectly . |
| 30 | She laughed delightedly , too happy to care about anything but the fact that her trip had brought her an undreamed-of surprise . |