Example sentences of "[subord] she have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One compositor , Jean Henderson whose daughter kindly provided me with information , went into the trade ( in the 1890s , that is some time after the earliest entrants ) straight from the Dean Orphanage , where she had received a good education ( see Plate 1 ) . |
| 2 | Drew had gone with her to the hospital , where she had undergone a full medical check . |
| 3 | Now , for a second great war , she found herself in a country which was not her own ; although she had made a few friends , it was not at all like living among her own people . |
| 4 | Twenty-three-year-old Jill Yate took the opportunity of telling her boss that , although she had had a wonderful year travelling around Europe , she was beginning to feel homesick and would soon be going back to the United States . |
| 5 | Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around . |
| 6 | Stephen was away , so she had passed a near-silent dinner in the company of his mother . |
| 7 | She 'd married a sporting celebrity , so she 'd expected a certain amount of attention , but she was n't sure she appreciated Ace 's rather smug pleasure at looking at himself . |
| 8 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
| 9 | Only once the others had become used to her , once she had made a few allies , would she risk stirring up so sensitive a subject . |
| 10 | Once she has had a good rest , her world will put on a fresh complexion . ’ |
| 11 | So far too as creditors were concerned , the daughter would be fair game until she had obtained a formal release from liability . |
| 12 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 13 | She works fast , adding one strip to the rim of the hardening strip below until she has built a small bottle , complete with an elegant out-turned lip to its mouth . |
| 14 | Cos she 's got a hundred pound |
| 15 | No cos she 's got a great big garden like yours |
| 16 | Cos she 's got a great grandson she 's never laid eyes on . |
| 17 | Cos she 's got a big gob . |
| 18 | ‘ What about going to a movie ? ’ he added , asking if she 'd seen a French film which had opened in London a couple of weeks ago . |
| 19 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 20 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 21 | If Mrs Marr knew a bit of human anatomy , for example , if she 'd had a medical training or been a PE teacher something like that , she 'd have a better chance of being competent , by which I mean lethal . |
| 22 | Frankly , she looked as if she 'd got a few bundles of twelve-page letters stuffed up her woolly even now . |
| 23 | She would hardly have dragged her into this boutique if she had wanted a simple discussion on the weather or the price of vegetables . |
| 24 | It would have been better if she had kept a low profile . ’ |
| 25 | Claudia jumped up and put her hand on his , snatching it away as her nerves reacted as if she had touched a live wire . |
| 26 | Iris glowed as if she had received a personal compliment . |
| 27 | I asked if she had made a separate tension swatch for the stocking stitch , to which she replied yes and that although she used stitch size 7 for the Fair Isle and 5.2 for the stocking stitch , it had matched exactly ( ? ) . |
| 28 | She relaxed , as satisfied as if she had chaired a difficult meeting through to its triumphant conclusion or been acclaimed at Board level for the fresh approach of her latest report . |
| 29 | The effects of Esther 's stroke were not obvious at first , which made the doctors wonder if she had suffered a second stroke when they found later that she had a very severe left hemiplegia . |
| 30 | Maybe , she thought bitterly , if she had asked a few questions she might have uncovered the truth about him for herself , instead of having the information relayed to her by one of her friends . |