Example sentences of "[coord] she had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But suppose now suppose I were a middle-aged to elderly teacher who had never come across dyslexia until recently and was now aware that he or she had dyslexic pupils , the first thing to do , I think , is to inform yourself .
2 There is also a strong sense of' learning' , in which the student identifies with the truth claim he or she is faced with , and can offer it ( for example , back to the consultant physician ) as something with which he or she had personal experience ( having had an opportunity to examine some patients ) .
3 In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being .
4 There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land .
5 They were beautiful and she had two others did n't she ?
6 And she had that paint did n't she ?
7 And she had all morning and part of the afternoon to decide whether or not to accept this imperious invitation .
8 It looked like some enormous battery-powered bug , and she had serious misgivings as to whether it would make it out of the garage , never mind to Nice .
9 and she had great fun , we
10 And she had six children , three of each , yet still found time to appreciate music , a very strong trait of the Tallentires .
11 And she had other worries too , as she sat on the bus and started her university career .
12 She 'd she certainly did n't want the money cos she 'd got , her husband was a er you know she had er money from her husband and she had good wages at the you see with her being in charge er she had quite good wages .
13 She had winkled out of him that he got the story from Georgie and she had much trouble persuading him it was a joke .
14 Audrey Gray , a single mother of three , was quick to point out that Father Christmas would not be calling on her children this year and she had firm views on who was to blame .
15 The English response was ineffective : the campaigns of the 1340s and 1350s had been essentially plundering raids , launched into enemy territory from secure bases ; but after 1369 England was thrown on to the defensive in Aquitaine , and she had little idea how to fight a defensive war .
16 Celia disliked Georgina intensely , and she had little doubt of her guilt .
17 Carrie was hard put to it and she had little time to talk with him , but it was not long before Billy turned up at the cafe eager to see his friend and Carrie directed him into the back room .
18 She was an old woman , she wore a red wig , and she had black teeth .
19 Life in a Mayfair rectory suited her very well and she had private means .
20 She came from a family that lived on North Stainmore , where my father was raised , and she had striking looks .
21 She was so lovely , so young , so innocent , and she had such courage .
22 She had lost her handbag somewhere , but her wallet was still in her inside jacket pocket , and she had some make-up things in her coat .
23 Of course , the effect of all this was that she did n't like my children very much , and she had some justification for this .
24 One lass went down and she had some glass or something , and she was threatening to slash her wrists and there was a screw shouting , ‘ Well do it .
25 And now that was the attitude that that that they they had that er a lot of them , not not everybody of course that just and she had this attitude , erm anybody that had lost their baby were lucky , you see .
26 " And she had this baby and it had a birthmark like a cat 's face on its stomach . "
27 She had fine , white skin , not opaque and dull , but translucent and bright , with the vivid come-and-go of vibrant blood close beneath it ; and she had beautiful hair , fine as an infant 's and black as jet , curving but not curling about a very shapely head , and cropped cunningly to underline the subtlety of the shaping .
28 Downstairs in the hall , midnight struck , so that her own clock had been slow and she had seven hours and three minutes before morning and the sound of the milk bottles on the step , of Eleanor 's waking movements .
29 Now that I had to get it to the by taxi and she had seven stitches put in the leg and , I had to leave her there for six hours , well then it was a taxi back home , I could n't now I am on income support , but that cost me fifty four pound , ninety five and I am paying that .
30 She would never mock it , he was certain of that , and he could not believe that she would be shocked , because she was far too experienced and sensible to waste energy on such a useless emotion ; but it would probably distress her , and she had enough distress to absorb without his adding to it .
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