Example sentences of "[conj] she have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rubbed her arm , where she had a large bruise above the elbow . |
| 2 | Before the provision contained in rule 3(7) was enacted , the law governing standing to apply for prerogative orders was , in simplified terms , as follows : a person could apply for certiorari or prohibition provided he or she had a genuine grievance or , in other words , provided the applicant was a person aggrieved by the challenged decision . |
| 3 | His Offensive Weapons ( Scotland ) Bill would put the onus on the person carrying a knife to prove he or she had a valid reason for doing so . |
| 4 | Your plugger should contact all the DJs with whom he or she has a good relationship , trying to persuade them to play your record . |
| 5 | The second must be that he or she has a long life . |
| 6 | If the researcher is interested in discussions of government finance in the Treasury , he or she has a potential problem of informational over-kill . |
| 7 | By the time she had got her cases up to the guest room , made the bed up and sorted out her food supplies it was beginning to get dark and , although she had a burning desire to go up to the studio , caution prevailed . |
| 8 | Barbara says although she had a fantastic day , she will probably stick to making her own clothes in future : ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring modelling — and shopping — really are . |
| 9 | ‘ Did … did you sleep here beside me last night ? ’ she demanded huskily , although she had a sinking feeling that she already knew the answer . |
| 10 | However , although she has a pear-shaped figure , her height makes it easy for her to disguise the fact that her shoulders are narrower than her hips . |
| 11 | The House of Lords eventually upheld her right , recognising that she had a genuine interest , but providers of information ( particularly the BMA ) and social services staff were extremely uneasy about the apparent danger to confidentiality of client files . |
| 12 | Knowing that she had a long day in front of her , Laura decided to follow her friend 's good example . |
| 13 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 14 | The prize for the winner , was to share her next dinner , and ensure that she had a good time . |
| 15 | It could now become evident that she had a good figure . |
| 16 | Never once in all the years they had known each other had Chambers gone further than a grudging admission that she had a certain flair for bookkeeping . |
| 17 | The tabloids seemed hell-bent on knocking Diana off the pedestal they had put her on , determined to prove , or invent if necessary , that she had a roving eye . |
| 18 | The upshot was that she had a rocky route through the rest of childhood and adolescence while I slipstreamed smoothly behind . |
| 19 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 20 | She did not want to tell Connor that she had a private plan in mind ; it was such a very long shot , and might come to nothing . |
| 21 | Although immersed in church and women 's group activities , nothing was known about her private circumstances except that she had a mysterious set of distant relations in Blairgowrie . |
| 22 | Her temper was caused by the fact that she had a terrible suspicion that what they said was true . |
| 23 | I had the feeling on reading it that a dam had just burst , and that she had a great deal more to say . |
| 24 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 25 | The little reporter realized suddenly that she had a real story for her editor and went pale with fear as she remembered that lady 's ruthless slashing up of her last offering , the report of an insignificant wedding . |
| 26 | However , Diana discovered that she had a natural aptitude for this work . |
| 27 | When many women would have been devastated , the 50-year-old took the news that she had a malignant breast tumour in her stride . |
| 28 | Dr Bean-Bayog said the charge that she had a sexual relationship with Lozano was ‘ outlandish ’ . |
| 29 | A night-club singer called Gennifer Flowers claimed that she had a 12-year affair with him . |
| 30 | Mrs Allen was encouraged to speak to the nurse in charge or doctor at least weekly so that she had a realistic idea of Mr Allen 's progress . |