Example sentences of "she had [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own . |
| 2 | About six months after the dinner party she realised that , for the first time in her life , she had turned down a decent journalistic commission in order to start work for a crazy old lady off Ladbroke Grove , whose garden specialised in old roses , and who was insistent about sterilising soil before new plantings . |
| 3 | She had to carry along a spare one which belongs to her mum yesterday , in case the one she has had since 1984 became damaged . |
| 4 | Alone and friendless , she had struck up a casual friendship with Dermot as he showed her Dublin . |
| 5 | She had cleared up a few worrying points about William Egan . |
| 6 | She had to lift up a few loose strands from her neck when Lowell fastened the beads . ’ |
| 7 | Aggie finally found the cat a good home and from that day onwards she had kept up a running battle with her mice , reverting to paper plugs soaked in vinegar , which seemed to be reasonably effective . |
| 8 | The guttering that she had bodged up a few months previously had come loose again . |
| 9 | She had gone only a little way however , when she stopped to check her map and , to her consternation found that when she turned the ignition on again her car would n't go ! |
| 10 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 11 | Lesley-Jane Decker had been on stage at the time of the shooting , so , unless she had brought in a hired killer , she seemed to be in the clear . |
| 12 | From Morrison she had found out a significant fact , which would have deterred anyone less prejudiced in their conviction of Nigel Steen 's guilt . |
| 13 | During her years as team manager she had set up a good system for running the team , organising training camps and equipment sponsors and felt that her energy could now be better spent on developing the sport at grass-root level . |
| 14 | And when she protested she never lay like that and had proceeded to demonstrate how she did lie , crossing her legs and pulling her knees up , she had let out a high squeal when the side of Sister Mary 's hard hand came across her knees in a whacking thump . |
| 15 | She had got over a hundred pounds . |
| 16 | She had put on a wide navy blue belt with the shorts , hoping to draw the eye away from the uncomfortable length of naked leg , but instead , because of her all too narrow waist , had managed to look even sexier than ever . |
| 17 | She had put on a pale green dress that she seldom wore . |
| 18 | Market Square and she had put on a thick pullover . |
| 19 | Somewhere along the road , she had picked up a few extra senses , and she would have to learn to live with them . |
| 20 | Well aware that she was in a public place , she tried to modify her voice ; only then Willis did n't always hear , and she had to try again a good deal louder . |