Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had planned both the paint-throwing and the expulsion . |
| 2 | She had moved up the shop , between the assortment of hats perched on stands and to the counter behind which the other two sisters were standing , the tall spare-looking Miss Rene and the almost diminutive Miss Florence . |
| 3 | She had half expected him to contact her after she had turned away the team of cleaners he 'd sent to her house to clear up the mess , but she had heard nothing . |
| 4 | She had called up the hall : |
| 5 | When he came back she had cleared away the supper things and was pressing out biscuit fish with her eldest child 's toy cooking set . |
| 6 | She had imagined how the room would look with the patio doors pushed wide open , and the reality had n't been a disappointment . |
| 7 | She had escaped — for a whole day she had escaped even the thought of the Refuge . |
| 8 | And she had kept up the pretence in the air-conditioned hotel and on the pool terrace , drinking mint tea to get the feel of the place , though she could n't stand the stuff really , and never knew what to do with the sprigs of mint . |
| 9 | Somehow his mother could shut out the unpleasant from her mind as if it had never existed and she had shut out the Worm as successfully as she had shut out everything else . |
| 10 | However , the countess was later charged with perverting the course of justice after police became convinced she had made up the story . |
| 11 | ‘ I think so , ’ answered Mildred , though in fact she had made up the tale on the spur of the moment and it had somehow got rather out of hand . |
| 12 | She had liked especially the tableau of the Assumption , when the rockets launched the Madonna into heaven . |
| 13 | She had done all the house out and got all the presents and everything , but then they says I could n't have him or see him . |
| 14 | She had read how the town formed a part of what was known as the West Bohemian Spa Triangle , the other two being a town called Karlovy Vary and another called Františkovy Láznë . |
| 15 | It was her body and the way she moved ; the thinness of her body and the way she had walked up the hotel steps . |
| 16 | She had rinsed out the tub , and lowered the big and tarnished metal plug into the hole . |
| 17 | Giving in to the inevitable , and until she had found out the truth she had as yet no quarrel with his mother , Ellie relaxed her rigid stance . |
| 18 | Exhausted , she had slept almost the clock round that first night , and often found herself dozing during the day . |
| 19 | It would be awful to get up next morning and find she had drifted down the canal . |
| 20 | She had set down the candle . |
| 21 | Her hair was piled at her head , tied in a scarlet bandanna , and when she turned her face to look wanly up at us there were soot-marks on her brow and cheeks where she had wiped away the sweat with the back of her hand . |
| 22 | By the time the water had heated she had spread out the sleeping-bag before the fire , laid out a fresh shirt , and found something to use as a wash-cloth . |
| 23 | After she had put down the phone , Kelly sat deep in thought . |
| 24 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 25 | When she had put down the phone , Sandra leapt out of her seat . |
| 26 | It was n't perfect , she reflected after she had put down the telephone , but it was n't bad . |
| 27 | Before he could respond , she had put down the telephone . |
| 28 | She had picked out the combat model . |
| 29 | The Scarabae had been preying on her mind , as in patches they always did , and so she had conjured up the memory to fit a stranger . |
| 30 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |