Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] she [art] " in BNC.

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1 For the first time Robbie found herself wishing her brothers had given her a less striking gift .
2 Somehow that reference to Bruges had thrown her a little .
3 Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth .
4 Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list .
5 Penny was Sixer of the Kelpies , and when her granny had given her a beautiful budgie for a birthday present she decided to name it Kelpie after her Six , especially as the bird had a little silver patch on his throat — just as if he was wearing the Promise Badge , Penny pointed out gleefully .
6 He looked at her and understood why her parents had given her the name .
7 Her time with Giles had cost her the equivalent of a layer of skin .
8 In her experience , rigid and unloving church-going had given her no comfort , no sustenance .
9 Indeed the London County Council had built her a special unit at Queen Mary 's Hospital Carshalton .
10 And then , instead of hiding until the passage was clear , fitzAlan had given her a shove and told her to wait in the last cubicle .
11 The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense .
12 She realised that not having spoken to him for ten days had given her a perspective she had not previously had — a perspective on herself as well as him .
13 She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him .
14 Conchis had poured her a minute glass of crème de menthe , which she sipped .
15 She rarely smiled but this was not through a lack of good nature : her responsibilities had given her a serious expression .
16 If her relationship with Tyler had brought her a deal of heartache , it had also brought her so much more .
17 He did not know that her vivid imagination had given her a convincing picture of Julia 's death .
18 She found a penny and two ha'pennies in her purse , and the publican had served her a little port in exchange , which she sipped close to the blazing fire .
19 Candy 's reaction had afforded her a certain degree of comfort at the time , but now as she sat in the dressing-room , she was aware of a strange hollowness deep in the pit of her stomach .
20 Josey 's reaction had taken her a little by surprise .
21 Stephen had given her the task of co-ordinating the interiors for the hotel , following the design schemes he had commissioned from a well-known Paris-based designer .
22 She told him her husband had left her a few months before for another woman .
23 Her husband had left her the year before for some Tex-Mex bitch , claiming that she was too boring to live with .
24 Just when she had been on the brink of despair , one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order .
25 In the bedroom Caterina and Rosalba shared in the apartment in Rupe , smaller than their room in the farmhouse , Rosa questioned her sister , whispering , the night after Tommaso had made her a gift of the bird in the street in sight of everyone coming out of Mass .
26 That smile had afforded her a fleeting glimpse of another side of Adam Burns — a side that was warm and humorous .
27 Rune had given her a sharp glance as she replied , but then appeared to accept her question as an affirmative , as he took her firmly by the arm to lead her into his chosen restaurant .
28 In a frank interview with the Mail on Sunday , Becky Blandford said that the Duke had called her a ’ filthy little scrubber ’ after she posed in lingerie for Tatler magazine … and complained that she and Jamie had not once been invited to dinner at the Palace even though they live on the estate .
29 Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock .
30 She had twisted and turned , struggling to free herself to no avail , until a well-aimed kick had won her a temporary respite .
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