Example sentences of "[conj] she have [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 She mentioned a conference at Lancaster University , where she 'd given a talk called ‘ Bringing Spirituality into Organizations ’ .
2 One compositor , Jean Henderson whose daughter kindly provided me with information , went into the trade ( in the 1890s , that is some time after the earliest entrants ) straight from the Dean Orphanage , where she had received a good education ( see Plate 1 ) .
3 Drew had gone with her to the hospital , where she had undergone a full medical check .
4 Jay gripped , burrowed her head in Lucy 's belly : here so safe and wanted inside her beloved Jeremy had grown ; her brow nudged Lucy 's breasts , where Jeremy had sucked himself full and strong , where she had found a contentment warm as summer wind across white sands ; here she had swum easy as a seal , crystal seas halcyon over her head .
5 On this occasion she is at a posh party , where she has taken a glass of champagne , but only ‘ to be sociable ’ — a motive which in anyone else would have driven Patrick to contemplate another of the umpteen blows he feels like unleashing — when the novelist unleashes one of his phonological jokes , which play on vagaries of pronunciation .
6 that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and
7 When you initially approach an Alexander teacher , make sure that he or she has undergone a teachers ' training course that is recommended by The Society of Alexander Teachers ( STAT ) .
8 A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work .
9 More commonly , the minister under attack is shielded by collective responsibility and the decision as to whether he or she goes or stays is one for the Prime Minister , based on the criteria of the extent to which he or she has become a liability to the government .
10 Every time the parent has witnessed the PB or CB , he or she has entered a tally mark in the appropriate space .
11 Although she 'd seen a couple of nice men recently , when it came to the heavy breathing Miranda found that she did n't want to be touched intimately by anyone she did n't know well .
12 However , on 30 June we were told in response to inquiries by the court that she had not taken solid food since 21 June and that , although she had maintained a fluid intake of 12 cups of tea a day , her weight had dropped from 39 kg. on 16 June to 35.1 kg. on 30 June .
13 Although she had become a native of the boats , and pitied the tideless and ratless life of the Chelsea inhabitants , she respected the water and knew that one could die within sight of the Embankment .
14 He was such a dear old thing , although she had heard a rumour about him and Sylvia .
15 Fortunately , she was a feminist and seldom asked for extra money , since she would consider that degrading , although she had accepted a house and school fees .
16 Now , for a second great war , she found herself in a country which was not her own ; although she had made a few friends , it was not at all like living among her own people .
17 Although she had mentioned a man named Clive .
18 Twenty-three-year-old Jill Yate took the opportunity of telling her boss that , although she had had a wonderful year travelling around Europe , she was beginning to feel homesick and would soon be going back to the United States .
19 Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath .
20 cos bread goes , although she 's got a freezer and a washing machine and everything at the villa , so she 's , she sold her house in Jersey and they 're gon na do the villa up because they , they 've sold it Christmas did n't they ?
21 Although she has had a few boyfriends since , there is no one special around .
22 To which she replied that she had been sound asleep , that she had heard a desultory conversation , but its substance had nothing whatever to do with her .
23 Penelope wished now that she had worn a dress or suit instead of the elegant tartan trews , but they had seemed the only way to make Rupert Stonebird notice her .
24 She had already been removed to the Intensive Care Unit at the JR2 , but in the bedroom there seemed quite sufficient evidence that she had planned a deliberate departure .
25 ‘ Would n't it be lovely if Terry was one of them ? ’ a colleague said , but Sarah said quietly that she had received a letter from him and knew when he would arrive .
26 Kit hugged herself with pleasure at the thought that she had raised a son who would be an engineer .
27 There was no doubt in her mind that she had met a truly extraordinary mathematical brain , and words like child-genius and prodigy went flitting through her head .
28 In August Eileen wrote to Maureen that she had met a marvellous man .
29 She prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life .
30 Private Eye is appealing against the record £600,000 damages paid to Mrs Sutcliffe after a seven-day trial last May , in which she alleged the magazine had libelled her by claiming in its ‘ Street of Shame ’ column that she had made a £250,000 deal with the Daily Mail for her story after a night of ‘ carousing ’ with the paper 's journalists in a hotel .
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