Example sentences of "she have [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world .
2 This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic .
3 She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go .
4 He might have the advantage of size and strength , but thanks to the martial arts classes she 'd taken as regularly as she could over the past few years , she had a few tricks of her own up her sleeve .
5 A few minutes later , when she 'd got as far as wrapping herself in her host 's dressing-gown , Penry Vaughan knocked loudly on the door .
6 She knew she had gone too far when his eyes narrowed to glittering blue slits .
7 She had gone much further than she had imagined .
8 When Edmund had left her she had wandered as far as the orchard , and had just pushed aside the crooked wicker gate to re-enter the garden when she heard the latch of the heavier postern rattle .
9 He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment .
10 And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl .
11 She had woken earlier even than usual , with Tom beside her , sleeping contentedly and openly on his back .
12 She had got as far as pulling out her suitcase , which looked scruffier than ever now that her eyes had accustomed themselves to the comfortable luxury of Luke Hunter 's flat , and laying it open on the bed before something inside her rebelled .
13 When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter .
14 Claudia closed her eyes as she remembered the time she had come home earlier than usual .
15 The hair now was white , but the baggy suits had n't altered in style a jot and she had changed remarkably little except that , as Meredith was distressed to see , the old lady now had a walking stick which accompanied her everywhere .
16 She had driven as far as she could and now stopped the car .
17 It was the first time she had been left on her own and she had managed quite well except that she had given Mrs Prichard , the colliery manager 's wife , short change by mistake .
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