Example sentences of "she had [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble . |
| 2 | ‘ When we first gave her toys , she had n't a clue what to do with them . |
| 3 | I croaked out , which hospital , but she had n't a clue and sent me up to ask somebody called Coleman . " |
| 4 | She had n't a clue as to what was going on in his mind . |
| 5 | She watched him as he snatched the receiver and barked down the end of it , but she had n't a clue as to the nature of the conversation , since she was privy to only one side , and that was in French . |
| 6 | He 'd sounded as though he was being sarcastic , or ironic , but again she had n't a clue what he meant . |
| 7 | To be truthful , she had n't a clue what she was doing . |
| 8 | She had n't a clue what to say . |
| 9 | Now if she re-dialled she would only get the apartment ringing incessantly ; the call before she had lost and she had n't a clue where its destination was . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised breathlessly , so bemused by that time that she had n't a clue what she was apologising for . |
| 11 | Nettled by his tone , Shannon glared defensively back at him , belatedly wishing she 'd never got into yet another argument she had n't a hope of winning . |
| 12 | Harry Martin was behind all this , and , although she had n't a hope of proving it , she knew it for a fact . |
| 13 | Claudia twisted away from him , conscious that if he wanted to keep her close to him she had n't a chance . |
| 14 | She also felt the tiniest bit muzzy and hoped that she had n't a cold coming on . |
| 15 | She had n't a cough ; it was not , it seemed , her heart — that would be mentioned , I felt . |
| 16 | She had n't a penny piece with which to bless herself and few skills . |
| 17 | And , and to be able to if you like , bring it as a dowry , but it would n't have mattered if she had n't a penny . |
| 18 | But as the bairn said , she had n't a key , it was on her mother . |
| 19 | How was it she had n't a bust ? nor hips like other girls , or women , of twenty-two ? |
| 20 | With her father 's fate still undecided , he had caught her cruising the shops as though she had n't a care in the world . |
| 21 | Though that was easier said than done she would do her best , and try instead to enjoy what she could of the coming seven days , and treat each day as a holiday and as if she had n't a care in the world . |
| 22 | Yeah she 's , just at the moment she had n't a complaint |
| 23 | She had n't a dog of her own yet . |
| 24 | She had not a clue . |
| 25 | She was absorbed in the feminine ritual of drying her hair , as though there were no danger in their situation , as though she had not a care in the world . |
| 26 | And she knew herself to look better , clad in what passed for finery these days , than she did in the house where with so much work to do she had not a moment to spare for her appearance . |
| 27 | She had just a minute or two to collect herself before Nicolo returned . |
| 28 | And she had never needed Josey 's encouragement more than she had just a matter of a few short weeks ago . |
| 29 | She had also a sheet of paper and a ball pen , ready for action . |
| 30 | My daughter and her boyfriend were recently refused a joint account by Barclays Bank because she had neither a driving licence nor a passport , although her boyfriend did . |