Example sentences of "[verb] she had a [adj] [noun] " 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 | She says she had a perfect childhood , an almost miraculous childhood . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Two rows of pegs decorated her succulent crack , making it appear she had a wooden hedgehog between her legs . |
| 8 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
| 9 | I do n't think she had a single dress with full sleeves . |
| 10 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The ‘ celebratory drink ’ fast developed into a full-scale party , but Shannon managed to make her excuses and leave , knowing she had a long drive ahead of her . |
| 16 | He knew she had a failed marriage with a strange son , Steve . |
| 17 | Ahead of her she knew she had a tough day hosting a TV show about cancer , the disease which first struck Mae-Britt 22 years ago . |
| 18 | It had arrived quite quickly , and they had said that they thought she had a burst ulcer . |
| 19 | She was an attractive woman , but I never thought she had a human feeling in her . |
| 20 | I bet she had a cold cunt every morning |
| 21 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 22 | But I think she had a good time . |
| 23 | I think she had a fair amount of luck , but luck is always an el element in anything of this kind . |
| 24 | Sometimes I think she had a secret lover . ’ |
| 25 | Come on , Rachel , think about it ; a caring man would hardly have walked out on his future wife as soon as he learned she had a crippling disease , would he ? |
| 26 | I had a letter from her this morning in which she said she had a bronchial chill and hoped that I fared better . |
| 27 | At the end of one term , one of them said she had a new friend called Lisa . |
| 28 | While he bent over the cot , she watched him with a mischievous look ; after a little , she said she had a curious pain in her chest . |
| 29 | Yeah , and that was his brother who lives in London and they 've invited him up , but she said she had a bad cold last night and was n't feeling too good , she said I 'm fine today , but she said we put them off . |
| 30 | There was no card but Dawn said she had a fair idea who they were from . |