Example sentences of "and she have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her parents would as lief have me as Humphrey , and she 'd a good deal rather . ’ |
| 2 | I kept Joanna in commission , her food locker in the small cuddy where I both cooked and slept well stocked with keeping-stores , and she had a good reserve of fuel for the outboard . |
| 3 | There had been a very masculine intention to punish in those dark eyes and she had a good idea what the punishment would have been . |
| 4 | ‘ And she had a good life , when all 's said . ’ |
| 5 | Now , however , she had leisure to take in her surroundings , and she had a good look at an enormous house that she had barely glanced at before . |
| 6 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 7 | Those dark eyes had softened considerably , but they seemed to be boring into her and she had a ridiculous urge to duck her head . |
| 8 | Life seemed suspended and she had a disquieting sense of being quite alone . |
| 9 | As far as she could see there was nothing at all but mountains and she had a nasty feeling that they would be isolated behind them for some considerable time to come . |
| 10 | Sarah had spruced herself up ; she wore a long , royal-blue coat ova a blue dress of some silky material and she had a blue cloche hat pulled down over her straggling grey hair . |
| 11 | Her hair was short and dark , and she had a long face with a mobile mouth and crooked teeth . |
| 12 | She had not intended to bring this out into the open in quite this way , but she was left with little option , and she had a vague instinct that in the long run it might reap results . |
| 13 | She was also prone to frequent and severe migraine headaches , and she had a wheezy chest which had led to her first asthma attack which worried her greatly . |
| 14 | However , the contradiction between her need for independence and her life proved intolerable and she had a nervous breakdown in 1953 . |
| 15 | Er but then she worked went to work in a munitions factory in Kilburn and she had a marvellous time . |
| 16 | ’ She 's animated and she had a great look in her eyes ’ . |
| 17 | but Pam was a wonderful hostess , and she had a great secret : she exuded love without noticing it . |
| 18 | By late afternoon she realised he had no intention of returning to the office while she was in it , and she had a strong suspicion that he did not trust her . |
| 19 | Every rib in Kim 's back rib-cage , was fractured , as were some in front , and she had a broken collarbone and upper arm . |
| 20 | Her fiancé seemed to be on a Cook 's tour of the Middle East , and she had a touching faith in my opinion as to his current safety . |
| 21 | She even had , by the classical period , Long Walls running down to Lechaion harbour , like those which joined Athens to Piraeus ; and she had a decent-sized navy : the Corinthians lent twenty ships to Athens before the Persian Wars and contributed forty in the Persian Wars themselves , and they had ninety ships at the battle of Sybota ( p. 89 ) . |
| 22 | It was written on the back of the paint bill from the shop , and she had a sudden vision of Leo hunting frantically round in the dark for something to write on . |
| 23 | Gran was lovely — I know she was old and had awful clothes , but everyone loved her and she had a lovely face , like a statue . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 26 | Rachel sat there in the back of the Mercedes , unable to give him the stinging retort on her lips because she knew he would do what he promised , and she had a profound fear that the minute he made love to her fully the feelings she was desperately trying to suppress would keel over and completely overwhelm her , leaving her not just vulnerable but absolutely devastated by the reality of what they were . |
| 27 | She had a tension about her like a strung bow , and every bit as lethal , and she had a piercing beauty — why had he never marked it , he who had known her nearly three years ? that made his heart contract as he looked at her . |
| 28 | Her own body and mind still seemed to be moving in slow motion , and she had a wild urge to — what ? |
| 29 | He looked frightening and she had a momentary sensation of having caged herself in with an angry lion . |
| 30 | But all that was some months ago and she had a cold front since for her hefty swinging colleague . |