Example sentences of "she have [vb pp] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Informs us that she has managed to buy a piano with her savings . ’ |
| 2 | As she said it , she managed to look back at him levelly , though she 'd had to suppress a dart of guilt before she spoke . |
| 3 | I also had a letter from about some request she 'd had to send a copy of the CAMET corpus to Sheffield . |
| 4 | She 'd tried to make a joke out of it . |
| 5 | And even if she had decided to use a delivery service , there would normally be a full check-list to be ticked off before parting with any money . |
| 6 | She did n't buy any toys for Josh because she had decided to open a toy shop . |
| 7 | Up the tree she had decided to make a dash for home as soon as she reached the ground , without giving the witch a chance to grab her , but now she did n't do it . |
| 8 | She had decided to have a look at the human face of the bogey , and there is nothing like a dog ( the only animal which trusts humans ! ) for starting a conversation . |
| 9 | She had intended to take a bus , but in the dark everything looked unfamiliar and slightly forbidding . |
| 10 | And she also wondered why on earth she had desired to see a kiwi . |
| 11 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 12 | She had gone to find a place where she might age more rapidly . |
| 13 | Susan , still in bed , had no idea that she had gone to fetch a doctor , but her arm was so painful that she raised no objections . |
| 14 | She had wanted to get a babysitting or live-in job , ‘ but everying wanted papers for that and I did n't have any . ’ |
| 15 | She had several pairs of sunglasses , perks of Gillman 's , but she had forgotten to bring a pair with her . |
| 16 | Then she remembered that she had forgotten to get a receipt from Signor Fixit . |
| 17 | Because she had felt it might be vaguely suitable she had chosen to read a volume of Donne |
| 18 | She had been invited to dinner on Sunday evening by another member of her women 's group , and she had promised to take a pudding . |
| 19 | The Princess had become patron of the hospital , where her father made his miraculous recovery after his cerebral haemorrhage in 1978 , and in May 1988 she had agreed to attend a gala performance of The Magic Flute at the London Coliseum . |
| 20 | Iris , who had spoken in glowing terms of the man and his ambitious undertaking , revealed that she had agreed to tutor a week 's art course for him and immediately suggested that Melissa should accompany her . |
| 21 | She had agreed to have a drink with the deputy head of the English department after work , which gave her a bit of time . |
| 22 | In a temperature of nearly ninety degrees , Lindsey was glad she had thought to bring a hat with her as they strolled along the palm-strewn promenade , stopping at one of the many bars to drink a refreshingly cold iced lemonade . |
| 23 | She had tried to make a pipe once by hollowing out the pith , spongy like the white stuff inside a peeled rush , carving holes with an awl , but the pipe had never done more than make thin sounds magnifying her breathing . |
| 24 | She felt so dreadfully sorry for him that if she had tried to utter a word she would have broken down . |
| 25 | When it was put to Mona that she had ‘ posed provocatively ’ she replied that she had refused to don a swimming costume for the photos . |
| 26 | The clarinet lay dusty on a shelf beside a Lamb 's Tales from Shakespeare , a sheep 's jaw from which she had meant to begin a study of anatomy , and a rough tangle of embroidery wools with which she had resolved to emulate Penelope , stitching and stitching as if her life and virtue depended upon it . |
| 27 | She had left to become a combatant with the FPL and is responsible for a health brigade . |
| 28 | She had managed to project a sob into her voice , as if she was n't far from tears . |
| 29 | She had managed to cut a piece of the steak into a biteable size . |
| 30 | Having managed to come by a decent bit of steak and kidney , he stood over the young maid , who came in once a week , until she had managed to produce a pie , later warmed up for dinner in the microwave . |