Example sentences of "she [vb past] have [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she did n't know any better , she would have said she 'd had too much to drink , but apart from that first glass of punch , which she 'd never finished , and then Luke 's celebratory champagne , she had n't touched alcohol all evening . |
| 2 | A lovely time , ’ she added , realising she 'd had almost three lovely hours of afternoon time too . |
| 3 | Silvia 's spoken English , as she had heard for herself , was excellent , but she 'd had dreadfully poor results in her written papers . |
| 4 | Stephani Cook , writing about her experiences in hospital , describes how when told that she had to have yet another in a series of operations , describes how she cried like a child : |
| 5 | Her mother , who looked extremely tired , had already commented on the fact that she had had yet another sleepless night . |
| 6 | She had had very little to do with Bunny , but on their occasional meetings the girl had grown more civil of late . |
| 7 | The conversation concerned the question of Mary 's virginity and why she had had only one child . |
| 8 | She had had only one lover so far , a very young man who had taught her little more than caution . |
| 9 | Like her great namesake she was always well organized , and of course she had had so much experience helping with my grandmother 's last six confinements , and going out sometimes with our local midwife , who to some would be a Sairey Gamp , but to those who knew her , another angel of mercy . |
| 10 | This was not a lucrative job , but she had had so much to do at home that she could n't undertake anything else . |