Example sentences of "[num] she [vb past] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst with the Boston Museum Stock Company , in 1885 she married an intense fellow actor , George Richmond Parks , the son of John A. Parks , a hotelier . |
| 2 | In the early years of her reign Elizabeth was faced with an urgent crisis on her northern border , and in 1562–4 she pursued an expensive adventure into France . |
| 3 | In '86/'87 she underwent an extensive refit which improved the yacht both aesthetically and functionally . |
| 4 | At thirteen she had an extensive collection of Esther Williams photos in glamorous swimsuits and the most advanced information available about what to do with boys . |
| 5 | In 1700 she contributed an ode on the death of John Dryden [ q.v. ] to Luctus Britanici : or the Tears of the British Muses , and she also contributed to The Nine Muses ( 1700 ) , a volume of poems by women in memory of Dryden edited by Mary Delarivière Manley [ q.v. ] , with whom she had an intense but short-lived friendship . |
| 6 | In 1975 she saw an advertisement for executive officers in the civil service . |
| 7 | About 1956 or 1957 she got an evening job in one of the espresso bars opening along the High Road , making sandwiches and frying eggs . |
| 8 | In 1873 she married an eye and ear specialist , Swan Moses Burnett , the son of John Burnett , a Tennessee doctor , and his wife Lydia Peck . |
| 9 | In 1962 she made an autumn visit to Greece . |
| 10 | In September 1981 she convened an ad hoc group on inner cities and stacked it against Heseltine . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | During the 0/6 she had an aggravation , but stopping the remedy afforded no relief , and she became weaker , with left-sided pharyngitis and fever resembling Lach . |
| 13 | In 1977 she published an autobiographical sketch entitled ‘ Self-Confrontation and the Writer ’ in which she posits her authorial identity as a separate person whom she calls ‘ John ’ . |
| 14 | In 1919 she received an honorary MA from Manchester University for her work in archaeology . |
| 15 | In 1983 she found an answer — albeit the wrong one to all her problems . |
| 16 | In 1988 she made an offer to settle the tax liability , which was not accepted , and on 1 February 1991 the Inland Revenue Commissioners presented a bankruptcy petition which came before the registrar on 11 November 1991 . |
| 17 | During the visit the Queen also went to Texas and Florida , where on May 20 she conferred an honorary knighthood on Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf , commander of the allied forces in the Gulf war , for his " distinguished leadership " . |
| 18 | At the age of 20 she took an overdose when she thought a boyfriend was about to desert her . |