Example sentences of "she [verb] had a " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Thatcher has been fortunate in that retirements of several senior personnel in the early 1980s gave her the opportunity to influence promotions ; there were thirteen appointments as Permanent Secretary in 1982 alone and she has had a hand in appointing the great majority of Permanent and Assistant Permanent Secretaries since 1979 .
2 She has had a very interesting life , has n't she ? ’
3 Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’
4 Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling .
5 She has had a bad time .
6 ‘ If the Queen thinks she has had a bad year , look at me — my whole life has been pretty horribilis , ’ said Olive , from Birmingham .
7 She has had a nice break and , who knows , if it rains there they can shut the shop ! ’ he added .
8 She has had a number of exhibitions in Canada and been published in Britain .
9 She has had a number of exhibitions in Canada and been published in Britain .
10 Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around .
11 She has had a hit song with Roberta Flack and worked on material for , among others , Marvin Hamlisch and Spencer Jones .
12 At the moment his daughter has no kidneys ; she has had a transplant but unfortunately her body rejected the kidney .
13 She has had a tray sent up to her and is now asleep .
14 Is she aware that the Feltham visitors ' report , which I am sure she has had a chance to read , said that there were only 24 workshop training places for 256 young people ?
15 I am reminded of all this by a correspondent who tells me that she has had a pear tree ‘ for about 30 years and in that time , have only once had good fruit ’ .
16 She has had a crisis of faith since her old man was put in the bin , and , a month or so ago , she took all her C. S. Lewis books out into the garden and burnt them .
17 Her GP informed us that she has had a further recurrence of left hemiparesis and , after investigation , the provisional diagnosis is demyelination .
18 A spokeswoman at Hope Hospital in Salford said : ‘ She has had a restless night and is poorly this morning . ’
19 She has had a very busy weekend and she felt a little tired .
20 Can not be , because she has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well and living in Wapping .
21 In it , she told me she 'd had a daughter .
22 ‘ I have been savaged by love , ’ she would declaim , when she 'd had a few .
23 ‘ I thought she 'd had a cocktail waitress , dear , ’ said Francis .
24 At Art College , she 'd had a friend whose catch phrase when asked for a date , was : How about next July , I seem to have a Wednesday free .
25 She 'd had a colour put in last autumn which was growing out , so Chris decided to enhance the natural warmth of the hair and add additional shine using a non-commitment colour , Natural Dark Blonde , mixed with persimmon from the Colour Touch range .
26 She 'd had a really good , receptive , large audience .
27 He would have enjoyed the odd weekend in Brighton away from the pressures of London life , if only she 'd had a bigger flat .
28 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 .
29 She 'd had a lover in Switzerland ; ski slopes , snow-white sheets .
30 ‘ I remember she used to tell me stories of a wonderful place where she 'd had a job once as a lady 's maid .
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