Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the young man and Mrs H. denied rectal intercourse , it is probable that this was the site that had served as a source of the infection , which had presumably originated with her husband over a year previously . |
| 2 | She was not sure what their present domestic arrangements were and whether there was some splendid woman in the kitchen who had perhaps failed in her duty on this occasion |
| 3 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
| 4 | It was as Ling had said — she had only to look in her heart to see Silas . |
| 5 | How could she say , politely , that she had better calls on her time and money than to devote either to mendicant little talents ? |
| 6 | Dropping her eyes and staring blindly at her nervously twisting hands , Laura tried to control the flush she could feel spreading over her pale cheeks , the betraying quiver of sexual awareness which had suddenly scorched through her body . |
| 7 | Now must the dagger she had long carried in her heart twist in an agonising dance . |
| 8 | Much as he wished that Aunt Tossie might keep her mind on the Form Book , where their interests in beating the Handicapper ran together , he had nevertheless acceded to her insistence on a party , a small house party , for Nicandra 's first real ball . |
| 9 | He had already noted in her favour that she did not avoid looking him full in the face as many did ; nor did she flinch or stare when she did . |
| 10 | To the people who had already heard of her illness and sent her cards and good wishes Molly sends her grateful thanks . |
| 11 | Miss Linnet Gage , who disliked Cara , had already hinted at her dishonesty . |
| 12 | She had already discovered to her cost just how strongly attracted she was to him on a physical level . |
| 13 | The process would have been entirely pleasant , if the puzzling implication had not lingered in her mind throughout , like a dark shadow without a substance . |
| 14 | Sunday was not much better ; Miss Huntley had not risen from her bed until one p.m. and had not left the flat until five , then only to go to the cinema . |
| 15 | She had not heard from her husband , a policeman in Bosnia , for two days . |
| 16 | Her sister 's disappearance six years ago had not gone through her mind during the ordeal . |
| 17 | Until the past decade , however , the vast majority of specialists in the period had not known of her existence . |
| 18 | Wrapped up in his own debauchery he had not known of her plight until recently . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's Loretta Lawson , ’ she said lightly , in case the messenger had not passed on her name . |
| 20 | She would have been asleep if the fly had not returned to her hand . |
| 21 | How could she spend Roman 's money so lavishly when she had just parted from her lover ? |
| 22 | Her whole family had been involved with the tradition for generations : she had just ridden with her daughter in the procession in a decorated pony and trap ; her son-in-law was the new polemaster ; and her grandson was dancing round the maypole . |
| 23 | A little further away was a young woman who had just arrived on her horse , with her maid on foot . |
| 24 | Jessamy felt the touch of his lips again and shivered deeply , as if someone had just walked over her grave . |
| 25 | At a conservative estimate they had cost considerably more than she had just paid for her night 's lodging . |
| 26 | This certainty had somehow emerged from her indecision . |
| 27 | Kate had somehow knocked over her cup , and tea spilled on to the tray , splashing her skirt . |
| 28 | Grandma and Grandpa Carrow had hardly impinged on her life . |
| 29 | Sarah had hardly thought about her brother yet , but she did wonder when he missed his tea . |
| 30 | She had always thought of her father as attractive , even handsome , though she knew not everyone did . |