Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 | A medical report estimated she had a mental age of seven years and nine months . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | He knew she had a failed marriage with a strange son , Steve . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It had arrived quite quickly , and they had said that they thought she had a burst ulcer . |
9 | She was an attractive woman , but I never thought she had a human feeling in her . |
10 | 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 ? |
11 | I had a letter from her this morning in which she said she had a bronchial chill and hoped that I fared better . |
12 | At the end of one term , one of them said she had a new friend called Lisa . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | There was no card but Dawn said she had a fair idea who they were from . |
16 | And she said she had a lovely time . |
17 | And Sophia said she had a grey squirrel fur coat too . |