Example sentences of "she have [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.

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1 She has sought to highlight the positive ethical and aesthetic implications of Victorian science as they appear in literature ( rather than looking for further ammunition for what she calls the sterile and artificial battle of literature against science ) .
2 Where a company is limited by guarantee , the extent of the member 's liability is the amount which he or she has pledged to guarantee the company in the event of liquidation .
3 Irene Schwidurski missed all those , since for many years she has refused to observe the major public holidays of the GDR , 1 May and 7 October , the date the state was founded .
4 And she has tried to defuse the threat which science undoubtedly can pose against creative writing .
5 She has started to reject the liver and bowel she received in a transplant last year after a huge fund-raising campaign to send her to America .
6 Lucy says she has learned to enjoy the pace — even the lack of commitment , new appraising eyes each week , the sprinkling of young men , and above all , contact with other disciplines .
7 Polly Harvey may record for a small label called Too Pure , but she has managed to become the rising star of the indie world by tackling issues of sexuality head on .
8 Muriel really ca n't abide the sound of pop music , and she has managed to get the club to agree that the music must finish at 10 p.m .
9 For the time being at least , she has managed to change the attitude of a significant proportion of the population towards the legitimacy of crucial parts of normal trade union practice , although opinion polls now show a growing esteem for trade unions shorn of some of the pre-1979 powers .
10 In addition , she has had to face the emotional stress of the last 15 months .
11 But in real life she has had to make the difficult transition from child to adult star .
12 She was walking home from a party in the early hours of Sunday morning she 'd stopped to use the toilets in St Giles when she was attacked …
13 Tonight , with Marlin working until nine and a late dinner planned , she 'd decided to spend the early evening assigning and wrapping the presents she 'd accumulated on her various Fifth Avenue sorties , sweetening her labours with wine and music .
14 I knew that she 'd decided to have the child adopted , but then I was n't involved .
15 After an evening of agonising and , now , almost unbearable waiting , she 'd decided to ring the police .
16 She 'd wanted to keep the army out of it as much as possible .
17 If we knew she 'd gone to climb the Himalayas , we would n't care .
18 She 'd gone to get the food .
19 She 'd had to wait the best part of a month at Holmsly Manor , and then everything had happened at once .
20 When he had met Ivy at Crepi 's dinner party her appearance had struck him as so wilfully bizarre that he had written it off as a freak effect , as though all her luggage had been lost and she 'd had to raid the oddments put aside for collection by the missionary brothers .
21 But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester .
22 She 'd managed to flood the carburettor on her car .
23 It was the secretary to Sheik Asball Hasseinen : the man she 'd gobbled to get the information that brought her here .
24 There were occasions , also , when the assistant on duty would forget the time , and suddenly realise it was two minutes to the hour and she 'd forgotten to do the observation .
25 The small factory she 'd approached to undertake the making of the curtains , cushions and loose covers told her they 'd be ready to start in a few weeks ' time , and even allowing for this wildly optimistic schedule , she felt she ought to know when to expect delivery of the fabrics .
26 Everyone else was bundled up in thick sweaters , including Hilary , and all the confused feelings she 'd tried to suppress the night before came tumbling back .
27 Last night she 'd tried to toss the covers off , then cried weakly , tears leaking down the sides of her nose on to the sheet .
28 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 .
29 Lying quite still , trying to recall whether , with her mind so busy , she 'd remembered to lock the door , she listened .
30 In any event , she had begun to like the idea of a secret .
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