Example sentences of "[noun] she have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Hell , it was n't her fault she had a scoundrel for a grandson .
2 Mrs Sugar used to curl her hair with rags and take snuff , and every Saturday she had a bet on the horses .
3 Mrs Sugar used to curl her hair with rags and take snuff , and every Saturday she had a bet on the horses .
4 She has creases at the corners of her eyes , and when she lowers her head to avoid Howard 's serious gaze she has a fold of flesh under her jaw .
5 On a particularly difficult issue she had a habit of canvassing everyone privately , except the person directly involved , so that when the matter was finally aired she would already be in command of all views .
6 But for the City , the trade unions , the civil service and the Church of England she has a dislike that some would call hatred and certainly veers regularly over into contempt .
7 Er this fellow come up fair blue devil go drinking , er he had n't a , he had n't , she had n't his tea ready and he lifted the kettle and he hit her in the mouth with it and oh boy oh boy she 'd a mouth like dixie lid .
8 She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences .
9 We had that well she 's claiming for loss of earnings , think she 's broke a leg , we do n't know were n't allowed to take a photo bike she had a brand new .
10 She was able to keep Steve because where she lived within the er there was a little coronet of little tatty houses that have since been pulled down and she was related to fifteen in fifteen out of the twenty two houses she had a relative .
11 Yet Batty noticed that in spite of her reserve she had a way of inspiring people to do things for her .
12 Late that afternoon she had a telephone call from Joe Martin , just back from a trip to New York .
13 ‘ Of course she has a name , ’ he said .
14 I will maybe just remind her in case she has a problem finding one if she leaves it too late .
15 Novella no longer needs to feel gratitude that in her case she has a father who has allowed her to teach in his place ; she has parted the curtain and is speaking for herself — in as many tongues as she pleases .
16 Inside four minutes she had a doctor , a plain van and a rendezvous .
17 In the Post Office while I was trying to phone Prague , Irena was getting free phone calls in exchange for correcting a German text for the manager , and when we went to a bookshop she had a friend who sold her books at half price .
18 Just for a moment she had a vision of a brilliant new line of clothes called Uglies .
19 And at this moment she had a finger threading the maze of the register , and one hand already vaguely gesturing towards the key-board .
20 For a moment she had a day-dream .
21 Some days she had a fever and spoke very fast .
22 I advised going on to Lachesis LM2 and after 3 weeks she had a return of flushes .
23 She is clearing away the last glasses from the vigil , and when I come into her living room she has a cloth in her hand .
24 and Melinda his wife runs Simply Delightful which is wh that 's one of the things she has a shop
25 Denied by Mrs she had a letter .
26 Over the top she had a jacket of the palest blue , and a brooch of seed pearls like a bunch of grapes .
27 One day she had a husband and three children , the next , no one .
28 But on one occasion she had a visitor , to whom she gave his portion , packing some egg sandwiches in the pudding basin and covering it as usual .
29 Last month she had a job as a secretary with a company called Office Cleaning Services in Cheltenham .
30 A couple of times a month she has a drink with the women at work , which is the only time she goes out .
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