Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the single ecstasy dose , she believed she had drunk only a glass of wine that night . |
| 2 | He ran the pub with his wife , an Irish woman who was known as Mrs Nora , and whose reputation along the docks had been assured the day she had broken up a brawl between a huge Turk who had just knifed two men , and a dozen of the wounded men 's shipmates . |
| 3 | God , but she had grown up a lot since then . |
| 4 | Even 4 September seemed an age ago now , part of a deluded past when she had believed her abduction was a simple crime committed for gain , when she had thought her release was imminent , her restoration to the pampered life she had led merely a matter of time and money . |
| 5 | She had built up a reputation as ‘ the Iron Lady ’ with some stern condemnations of Soviet Communism and its imperialist designs , before she became Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Then she ran to find Ferdinando to tell him and they embraced and it was he who said , ‘ She is an angel ! ’ of Mrs Browning and Wilson realised she had expressed not a word of gratitude . |
| 7 | Having spent hours daydreaming about Portugal and Dom João , she had given scarcely a thought to the alternative . |
| 8 | She had given not a thought to that . |
| 9 | She knew that , without meaning to , she had given away a lot of her life and thought , and wished she had not . |
| 10 | But sometimes she had seen just a glimpse , a fragment , of an unknown person , deep and inward-looking , complex , full of contradictions . |
| 11 | Ellie tried to imagine how her mother must have felt as she had left Ireland by boat , to sail the Atlantic and marry a man she had met only a handful of times . |
| 12 | She had assumed rather a lot , it seemed — or perhaps Caro had deliberately misled her ? |
| 13 | ‘ But why must you go away , just when Corrie 's leaving me ? ’ her mother had asked when she 'd told her she had fixed up a job as a nanny with a family in the north which would give her a better chance of training as nursery nurse . |
| 14 | Sometimes , as Harriet went about her days , inwardly sorrowing but outwardly self-controlled , she felt as if she had lost both a husband and a daughter . |
| 15 | She had lost nearly a stone in weight and her face looked somewhat drawn , but she laughed a lot , especially when Willi was around . |
| 16 | Jane was no great cook , and did n't even enjoy it , but she had brought up a family of four , so quickly got her bearings in the kitchen , which was off the main circular room . |
| 17 | Although she felt she had settled down a lot since her last release from prison , she was still having difficulties coping with the day-to-day strain and isolation of being a single parent . |
| 18 | Too late , she had found out a gift for her dear . |
| 19 | In the confusion of the moment she agreed and led the way upstairs , wishing she had dreamed up a reason to turn him away . |
| 20 | All the same , most of them were splendid and she was glad she had put on a dress today . |
| 21 | It was clear that she had picked up a lot from the Prince 's own style , especially the self-deprecating wit . |
| 22 | So Katie made the following comment shortly after she had picked up a card showing Mitch from Baywatch : |
| 23 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 24 | She had taken only a couple of steps when in her haste she missed her footing . |