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

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1 Hell , it was n't her fault she had a scoundrel for a grandson .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Yet Batty noticed that in spite of her reserve she had a way of inspiring people to do things for her .
7 Late that afternoon she had a telephone call from Joe Martin , just back from a trip to New York .
8 ‘ Of course she has a name , ’ he said .
9 I will maybe just remind her in case she has a problem finding one if she leaves it too late .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Just for a moment she had a vision of a brilliant new line of clothes called Uglies .
13 And at this moment she had a finger threading the maze of the register , and one hand already vaguely gesturing towards the key-board .
14 For a moment she had a day-dream .
15 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 .
16 Over the top she had a jacket of the palest blue , and a brooch of seed pearls like a bunch of grapes .
17 One day she had a husband and three children , the next , no one .
18 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 .
19 The fact that as a teenager she had a series of complicated operations for a badly broken leg does not seem to have affected her at all .
20 Last month she had a job as a secretary with a company called Office Cleaning Services in Cheltenham .
21 A couple of times a month she has a drink with the women at work , which is the only time she goes out .
22 But now it 's gone down , but there 's no ulcer she had a laparotomy on Friday the tube .
23 Later during the morning she had a lung scan which did not reveal any abscess but showed a picture which was consistent with pneumonia .
24 Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye .
25 In this state she had a vision of Jesus , about whom she knew nothing .
26 She was going to bed she had a paper under her arm and her and her bag and she 's off and she got up out of , so my mum said right I 'm going now sort of , goodnight !
27 Shortly after her rescue she had a foal , and her owner decided to put the mare back in foal again .
28 ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British .
29 In the end she had a divorce because she could n't stand it .
30 To that end she had a place at Norwich City College to read for a B A in hospitality management subject to achieving the right grades in her A levels and achieving O level maths or its equivalent .
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