Example sentences of "she had [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ever since the day when she had faced her own fears she had held fast to her principles . |
| 2 | Tallis wondered if she had undertaken her own form of self-mutilation . |
| 3 | I am deeply sorry for what happened , but she had caused us all terrible unhappiness and worry . ’ |
| 4 | She had visited us many times over a nu number of years and said it was our turn to visit her and we just laughed . |
| 5 | As a matter of course she picked them up , spearing them with her fork and not pausing until she had collected them all , and replaced the lid . |
| 6 | It never occurred to me for a moment that she had planned it all in cold blood . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She had planned it all . |
| 8 | He had despised her thoroughly ever since she had given him some dire warnings about the state of his aura , and he felt she would be perfect for this review . |
| 9 | She had given him some newspaper torn into squares and a glass of dark-brown liquid that tasted like spanish water . |
| 10 | She had given him some gift , something which he cherished very dearly . |
| 11 | She had taken to him from the first , and he to her , perhaps , on his part , because she had given him some hot mutton broth and let him eat as much bread as he could manage , which had been half a loaf ; and then she had rigged him out in odd things . |
| 12 | She had given me this book , Period , and she says that how you feel about your first period affects you all your life , it affects your self-image , so it 's very important . |
| 13 | Pigeons , butterfly , bantams , Maman , Aunt Tossie — she had given her all to each , only Dada was left . |
| 14 | ‘ Love , ’ she said , promptly , for she had given it some thought . |
| 15 | And before that , she had seen him several times . |
| 16 | She had seen it all before — last night 's high spirits turned to this morning 's hangover , last night 's gay blades to green-faced ghosts , last night 's belles of the ball to tousled tarts with smudged lipstick and laddered tights . |
| 17 | Oh she knew , she had seen it all . |
| 18 | The cream stucco on the houses — the imposing pillared porches with their black-and-white tiled steps ; she felt as if she had seen it all before in a dream . |
| 19 | Her final rotation had been on the emergency ward , and she had seen it all . |
| 20 | She had seen it that morning , black and sleek , leaving hardly a ripple behind it , slipping silently away on the morning tide . |
| 21 | She had borne it all alone , not knowing it was n't true . |
| 22 | ‘ My love , my love , ’ and was flooded by the days she had called him that . |
| 23 | ‘ She had to take her some flowers . ’ |
| 24 | If she had to take her own reading things she ought to start collecting them now , whereas if they supplied them it would be embarrassing to turn up with a bag of newspapers , as if you did n't know how to behave . |
| 25 | There seemed no point in justifying her mistake still further , so she merely sat down in silence and allowed Lyddy to place paper and ink and a pen before her , just as if she had summoned her all the way upstairs for that very purpose . |
| 26 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 27 | By three o'clock she had asked her several times if there was anything she wanted , brought her biscuits and tea and watched the clock for an hour . |
| 28 | The answer was the same as on every previous occasion she had asked herself that question . |
| 29 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 30 | She had invited us all to lunch the following day , he said . |