Example sentences of "she have a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has a deep regard for him and a feeling that here is a poet , a man that nobody understands . |
| 2 | I believe she has a firm alibi for the whole of yesterday evening , but as she 's a senior scientist she ( bas asked to stay . |
| 3 | Moving in the kind of world she does , she has a real eye for what looks good . ’ |
| 4 | I think she has a genuine feeling for the fans and for all that 's been written about her . |
| 5 | She has a sharp eye for a toyboy . |
| 6 | If food is short and she is desperate to feed her family she has an obvious motive for taking available and easy prey . |
| 7 | She has an infinite capacity for humility and sacrifice and an abundant store of patience . |
| 8 | So ambitious it hurts , but she has an intense need for recognition . |
| 9 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 10 | She was different , well informed and , still more attractive , she had a real enthusiasm for the idea of marketing . |
| 11 | The little reporter realized suddenly that she had a real story for her editor and went pale with fear as she remembered that lady 's ruthless slashing up of her last offering , the report of an insignificant wedding . |
| 12 | Never once in all the years they had known each other had Chambers gone further than a grudging admission that she had a certain flair for bookkeeping . |
| 13 | She had a great love for her children and we all loved her intensely . " |
| 14 | ‘ She had a great zest for life.I loved her dearly , ’ says Alfred . |
| 15 | And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted . |
| 16 | She had a tremendous gift for making people see their own potential and do things they never dreamed possible . |
| 17 | From an early age she had a strong dislike for conventional aristocratic ‘ society ’ . |
| 18 | She had a definite dislike for Robert 's wife , the former dancer , and refused to see her as she grew older . |
| 19 | Nicandra looked forward to Sunday mornings when she had a soft-boiled egg for breakfast — on weekdays it was porridge and milk , take it or leave it , sometimes fried bread , the fat not always bacon . |
| 20 | She had a hopeless thing for a man named Lee , who was a smugly flirtatious married guy , whom I personally disliked intensely . |
| 21 | Neither impatient nor inattentive , she had a positive gift for remaining still and alert , her large brown eyes fixed upon him as he reconstructed those distant events , willing him to remember and recall every incident , however minor , every remark , however trivial . |
| 22 | She had a soft spot for Benedict , and his mother had been her friend . |
| 23 | And she had a special name for it , I ca n't remember what is was now , but it was an innocuous word , like erm erm , kneading , or something like that , something you do with your fingers . |
| 24 | She had a remarkable memory for names and faces , which helped , but above all it was her genuine kindness that not even the most irate could withstand . |
| 25 | She had a remarkable bosom for a young woman . |
| 26 | She had a unique gift for restoring them to health , and an intuition that led her to free each into the wild just when its confidence was regained , its body mended , and its animal fulfilment clearly dependent upon the wider world . |
| 27 | She had a natural flair for languages and it would be fun to brush up a little . |
| 28 | She had a natural gift for teaching and was rated " an excellent member of staff , capable and enthusiastic , " with boundless energy and very much in command in any situation . |
| 29 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 30 | However , Diana discovered that she had a natural aptitude for this work . |