Example sentences of "she had a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was , as Ward had said , rusty as hell , but behind the rust she had a solid look to her . |
| 2 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 3 | And it she had a right talk to him and he said , Well that 's it . |
| 4 | It was as if she had a hot line to the Devil . |
| 5 | And she meant it , for she liked her college room , she was even mildly proud of it , and the thought of entertaining Clelia in it did not alarm her , though she had a deep aversion to the notion of entertainment , and had never in her whole three years at University embarked on the ritual tea parties or more ambitious sherry parties that mark the social life of such establishments . |
| 6 | She had a deep gash to her leg , probably inflicted with an axe and severe internal injuries , though these were n't noticed until the next day . |
| 7 | Once , after a particularly sharp contraction , she had a sudden wish to unburden herself to her mother , to tell her that her grandchild had nothing to do with John Carrow , but that its father bore a striking resemblance to Tom Tremayne . |
| 8 | She had a spiteful twist to her tongue which drove other women away . |
| 9 | Her own body and mind still seemed to be moving in slow motion , and she had a wild urge to — what ? |
| 10 | She had a physical resemblance to Ramsey 's dead mother . |
| 11 | It came to her as a shock that , although she had an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with high school children through her son , she did not know any of his friends . |
| 12 | In January 1976 she had an arranged marriage to a cousin Aszal who had settled in Britain and on October 20 that year the couple arrived in Britain . |