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

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1 She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time .
2 Robyn , doing her best to ignore the almost overwhelming feeling of pure dislike which she had for this man , glanced at the ornate carriage clock beside the bed , registered the time slowly and looked aghast .
3 He recalled tales about her , that she had at one time belonged to a respectable family of farmers ; unbelievable now , for she could certainly no longer be placed in that category .
4 Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder .
5 Brenda Pridmore , recently appointed Clerical Officer/receptionist at Hoggatt 's Laboratory , pushed the marmalade across the breakfast table and began methodically slicing thin strips from the white of her fried egg , postponing , as she had from early childhood , that cataclysmic moment when she would plunge the fork into the glistening yellow dome .
6 However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday .
7 She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking .
8 For she had in some fashion , through her perceptive and precognitive powers — which in many ways she shared with Shelley — received Frankenstein 's story from the thin air , as far as I could determine .
9 She had simply , and thoughtlessly , intended to kill what she had in any case thought of as an insincere proposal .
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