Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
2 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
3 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
4 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
5 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
6 | ‘ If she had seen you the night of the Giants she might have thought differently , ’ Ratagan said gently . |
7 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
8 | She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all . |
9 | She was in a mindless world where she had forgotten everything about why he was there , mindless that not half an hour ago she had thought him the most hateful of men when , abruptly , shatteringly , he suddenly stilled . |
10 | She had told me the tunnels had now been connected up and the workmen used the subway constantly as a private short cut . |
11 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
12 | Then he smiled , and it was as it she had told him the best news there was to tell ; and when she thought about it , she supposed that she had . |
13 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
14 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |
15 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
16 | When he returned , bearing a brand new dress in a rich burgundy shade , she had shown him the blue one . |
17 | She had shown him the book where it was illustrated . |