Example sentences of "[subord] she have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Her will declares that more than £219,000 should go to Cornell College , Mount Vernon , Iowa , in the U.S. , where she had studied English literature .
2 Her back knitted , but doubled over , for after the first weeks when she was laid on the ground from fear of hurting her raw flesh , she had preferred to lie in a hammock , where she had lain curved for weeks on end .
3 She had not told him exactly where she had got all the money that had been spent so freely around this house , but of course he guessed .
4 ‘ Mohammed had to go to the mountain , I 've subsidised all my previous ventures by working and saving but to get my work published I realised my only chance was England , ’ she says , where she has found three photographic agencies interested in buying her work and eight publications have bought selections of the Bolivian shots .
5 ‘ Mohammed had to go to the mountain , I 've subsidised all my previous ventures by working and saving but to get my work published I realised my only chance was England , ’ she says , where she has found three photographic agencies interested in buying her work and eight publications have bought selections of the Bolivian shots .
6 They had told her in hospital that the glass had cut into an artery and she had needed transfusions but although she had felt far from well this morning she was certainly feeling worse now .
7 He had tackled her about Pascoe and , although she had reacted much as he 'd expected , perhaps she would think it over and do what he advised .
8 Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments .
9 She hoped her stepfather would be home late : although she had spent most of her life with him , she regretted that her mother had felt unable to exist as a single parent , and Camille still wished that he would prove unfaithful or die .
10 Anxiously she hoped not , although she had had one or two uneasy moments about certain other guests who were not simply here to witness the ceremony like the gentlemen from the mill and the dressmakers , but would have to be entertained to champagne and bride-cake and all the other delicacies Mrs Drubb had prepared for them afterwards , at Frizingley Hall .
11 The hard bench under her was n't conducive to restful slumber either , although she had known worse beds .
12 More human than she 'd looked all morning , he thought , realizing he had taken against his witness at least partly because she was alive and the amusing , lively , feminine creature that had been Angela Morgan was not .
13 In the middle of this strange house 's celebrations she felt much more of an outsider than she had done sitting on her own in her room .
14 He had tutted and twitched and tweaked , then proceeded to do more for her than she had thought possible .
15 Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse-boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie .
16 But there 's been a few hairy things , stabbings and it was getting a wee bit dodgy so she 's given that up .
17 She had been teaching New Zealand , erm , not quite such a long training so she 's had three or four years ' experience .
18 But like , so she 's got that now that is n't , that 's just like a somebody with a skin
19 She wanted to come and see me anyway so she 's got all my details on record .
20 Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop .
21 Well , so she 's got lilac .
22 Eleventh , so she 's got another , almost two , well two weeks , ten days .
23 Perhaps he ceased to be useful to her once she 'd had some success in England — I do n't know .
24 Once she 'd downed some of the extra-strong brew she gave her sister the bare bones of the story , then turned dull eyes on Elise 's horrified face .
25 Once she had recovered full consciousness it became clear that she had entirely lost the power of speech .
26 Most days she would , sooner or later , walk down the lawn to examine her plants and I learned to wait until she had done this before myself settling in the summer-house .
27 She was a pretty , rather fleshy blonde , who revelled in the bohemian life of Montparnasse and enjoyed hanging round artists , posing for them , helping them to buy paints and cigarettes , studying intermittently at the Sorbonne until she had spent most of her inheritance and could no longer afford to pay for tuition .
28 She made an effort to feel some true sympathy , but it was difficult — she supposed that she would n't be able to experience compassion in a deep and real sense until she 'd had some children , since only matters like the putting down of young greyhounds brought tears to her eyes .
29 She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession .
30 Every time she had protested that she could ride alone and was not fit to be near anyone until she 'd had several baths he had laid his hand over her mouth and told her to hush .
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