Example sentences of "she had [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had wanted to argue the matter out , for she had every next sentence there , in her head , only to be followed like a crochet pattern . |
| 2 | She had a heart-shaped face , of striking , creamy smoothness , and broader than its length from brow to chin , like the bright , intelligent countenance of a young cat , innocent , assured and inquisitive . |
| 3 | On the twenty eight of September nineteen eighty eight she had a major operation on her left wrist . |
| 4 | The book took more than its share of the available table space ; but at least she had a legitimate job . |
| 5 | During the campaign she had a high-profile role as the woman who was prepared to keep tight control over the purse strings and demonstrate Labour 's readiness for Government by rejecting demands from her Shadow Cabinet colleagues for excessive spending . |
| 6 | She had a weak chest and needed a lot of attention , whereas I was robust and could be left to my own devices . |
| 7 | ‘ She had a weak chest . |
| 8 | Most important of all , she had a healthy sense of humour . |
| 9 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 10 | By the time she had got her cases up to the guest room , made the bed up and sorted out her food supplies it was beginning to get dark and , although she had a burning desire to go up to the studio , caution prevailed . |
| 11 | She had a burning need to get this ridiculous misunderstanding sorted out as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | Wide of beam and low in the water amidships , she had a pronounced flare aft and for'ard , a curved stem that projected high above the gunwale . |
| 13 | The girl who would only appear in school plays if she had a non-speaking part was now centre stage . |
| 14 | She did not want to tell Connor that she had a private plan in mind ; it was such a very long shot , and might come to nothing . |
| 15 | She had a private income . |
| 16 | She had a private word with Iain in the after cabin , then put her anorak on over her dress and went off to bed , escorted by Captain Freddie . |
| 17 | It irritated her to think that she had n't been doing anything reckless like running to catch a bus ; but she had a private theory that an old person did n't break a hip because she fell , but fell because her hip snapped , after gradual erosion . |
| 18 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 19 | She had a similar effect on people . |
| 20 | She was also prone to frequent and severe migraine headaches , and she had a wheezy chest which had led to her first asthma attack which worried her greatly . |
| 21 | Before the provision contained in rule 3(7) was enacted , the law governing standing to apply for prerogative orders was , in simplified terms , as follows : a person could apply for certiorari or prohibition provided he or she had a genuine grievance or , in other words , provided the applicant was a person aggrieved by the challenged decision . |
| 22 | The House of Lords eventually upheld her right , recognising that she had a genuine interest , but providers of information ( particularly the BMA ) and social services staff were extremely uneasy about the apparent danger to confidentiality of client files . |
| 23 | How she had a close friend at school who slept with men from the age of sixteen ; how she first went to France with this friend ; how she hated her first few terms at university ; how she went through a wild phase of drunken parties and desperate affairs ; how she plays the spinet late at night , when no one can hear , and fills the tired darkness with thin plunking antique counterpoint . |
| 24 | ‘ She had a blazing row with Eddie and stormed out of the house , ’ Rachel replied . |
| 25 | She had a normochromic anaemia , and a small rise in liver enzymes and erythrocyte sedimentation rate . |
| 26 | Now , however , she had leisure to take in her surroundings , and she had a good look at an enormous house that she had barely glanced at before . |
| 27 | ‘ And if your singing went with her through the dark , she had a good passage . |
| 28 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 29 | I kept Joanna in commission , her food locker in the small cuddy where I both cooked and slept well stocked with keeping-stores , and she had a good reserve of fuel for the outboard . |
| 30 | She had a good idea but did it matter ? |