Example sentences of "[coord] have [verb] [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at the woman , this woman who was her mother , this woman who lived behind a façade , who would n't let her husband into her bed and had caused him to take a mistress . |
| 2 | Since her social life in Northam did not exist outside school , she had no evening clothes , and had had nothing resembling a party dress since the age of six , when she had possessed a fetching little garment of pink satin . |
| 3 | Giovanna had recently taken her shopping among some of the newly reopened antique shops in the city and had persuaded her to buy a pair of small tortoiseshell combs . |
| 4 | In one instance , it was believed in the family that one sister had visited their father during his final illness and had persuaded him to make a new will in her favour , directing his hand as he signed it . |
| 5 | Richard rather liked Willis 's pictures , and had got him to do a pen and wash drawing of Lord Jim . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , we have attempted to derive a better index of fetal adiposity than simple birth weight and have found it to have a significant bearing on results of regression analysis , suggesting that maternal glycaemia does have an impact on fetal size independent of maternal weight . |
| 7 | Her tutors at University College have allowed her a third attempt next year but have insisted she take a year out . |