Example sentences of "she [verb] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She did have a crush on Dr Russell , of course .
2 And she did have a responsibility to her students .
3 Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed .
4 Fen was right — she did have a temper to match her hair .
5 It was true : she did have a reputation for good housekeeping .
6 But , yeah , she did have a choice but I mean sh you do with people with money .
7 She had never regarded herself as a very organised person , and did n't even consider she had a routine ; but when George retired , realised that she did have a kind of pattern .
8 I could see he thought it was serious , that she did have a case .
9 However , there is one other thing that we know about Elsie for sure : she did have a club foot .
10 And when I saw the landlady there she said that she did have a Mr there but he 'd left a few days ago , did n't know where he 'd got to .
11 She did have a mother .
12 No , she did not own a car — could not afford to — but she did have a driving licence .
13 The publication of de Beauvoir 's letters to Sartre has revealed that , contrary to her repeated denials , she did have a number of sexual relationships with women .
14 She did have a job with the BBC and someone cared for the child in the day .
15 But she did have the satisfaction that no sooner were the two decisions taken , than the entire Palais de Congress , housing the summit , the media and several thousand attendants and officials , was plunged into darkness by a five-minute power failure .
16 I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east .
17 Maybe she did have an honours degree in sociology .
18 She did have an explanation when I spoke to her , and at that point we were unaware of the prints ourselves .
19 She does have a fetish for young , strong men and this is exactly what Stanley is .
20 She does have a tipple
21 She does have a train to catch — her taxi driver is waiting impatiently on the threshold … ’
22 I think she does have a lot of good in her .
23 If she does have a lot to tell , she gave nothing away during the course of the murder and subsequent fraud trials .
24 She does have a right to know .
25 Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) .
26 She has no refrigerator or washing machine , but she does have a vacuum cleaner .
27 So she does have a housekeeper that lives in ?
28 While she does have the merit , in contrast to the majority of researchers , of making the distinction between an inner state and an outward act , her definitions do not emerge as analytic categories to be employed for comparative purposes — mainly because they do not avoid the problem of reification , raised below .
29 Cilla Black wo n't speak to me to this day because when I was a critic , I wrote a very warm piece about her , but during the course of it , I said , ‘ She 's quite good-looking , but she does have the nose of a rather careful boxer . ’
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