Example sentences of "she [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As for Angela , she has completed a course at Westminster College which she found revelatory . |
| 32 | She has completed a biography of society figure and pre-war decorator Elsie de Wolfe . |
| 33 | No , she has smoked a cigarette . |
| 34 | And in the process she has developed a character who is a real Valentine card . |
| 35 | She has developed a passion for a blend of ylang-ylang and patchouli . |
| 36 | she has seen a man |
| 37 | She has pasted a smile on her face . |
| 38 | She retains a liveliness of mind which is quite extraordinary under the circumstances and she still displays a keen sense of humour and a warmth of contact despite the fact that she has to use a machine . |
| 39 | She 's now able to walk around the house although outside she has to use a wheelchair . |
| 40 | The very fact that over the past few snow starved winters she has compiled a guide book to Nordic ski touring in Scotland , is sufficient testimony to this characteristic . |
| 41 | She has received a letter from Liverpool Council threatening court action if she does not pay her arrears . |
| 42 | She has built a reputation for herself as a specialist in the area and is not involved as photographic director for Al-Wasat , a magazine based in London , which is launched this month for distribution throughout the Arab world . |
| 43 | The female ichneumon wasp has an ovipositor like a dagger with which she drills a hole in wood at the exact point where she has detected a beetle grub lying beneath . |
| 44 | Using contrary approaches — by examining the work of popularisers such as T. H. Huxley and John Tyndall , and by looking beyond the superficial , anti-scientific statements of imaginative writers — she has revealed an intellectual and emotional agreement far closer than we have been led to believe . |
| 45 | ‘ You must tell your friend , ’ continued the lady , ‘ that she has made a mistake . |
| 46 | She has made a choice not only of person , but of class . |
| 47 | We learn that John has had an affair with a fashion model ( Sunny Griffin ) , who moves in with her dresses , wigs and dog , but decides to leave after she has made a mess of the kitchen by boiling the spaghetti over . |
| 48 | At times the loneliness of her position has brought her to the edge of despair , so much so that she has made a number of suicide attempts , some more half-hearted than others . |
| 49 | She has made a career as a backbencher , taking an interest in penal affairs and animal welfare . |
| 50 | She has made a list of the items the business owns . |
| 51 | She has made an art form out of dodging classification . |
| 52 | ( Rebecca Saire 's Bianca is clever enough to conceal her own shrewishness until after she has secured a husband . ) |
| 53 | From her newspaper stand on High Row , Darlington , Pat reckons she has gained a wealth of experience about human life . |
| 54 | Since her return to the Commons as MP for Derby South in 1983 , she has gained a reputation as an effective parliamentary performer , able to master complex briefs . |
| 55 | As part of the course , she has to choose a subject of her own about which to write a paper ; one of her difficulties is to know how to form her own views , not just copy already received opinions . |
| 56 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
| 57 | She has given a lot of commitment to the strategy ; she now needs to give as much to the process of change and to ensuring that the public understands it . |
| 58 | I think she has done a lot to help the plight of animals , ’ commented Delia . |
| 59 | Liz is said to have commented : ‘ I 'm sorry Raquel is so hard up she has to do a film that rips off my life . |
| 60 | She has to do a lot of standing . ’ |