Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Doreen Banks may have been murdered for what she had recorded on this , ’ he began . |
| 2 | Claire Easterbrook , Senior Scientific Officer in the Biology Department and , with Lorrimer 's death , the senior biologist , had taken from her briefcase a scientific paper she had prepared on recent advances in blood grouping and settled down to revise it with as little apparent concern as if murder at Hoggatt 's were a routine inconvenience for which , prudently , she was always provided . |
| 3 | As I hastened to go upstairs , I happened to encounter Miss Kenton in the back corridor — the scene , of course , of our last disagreement — and it was perhaps this unhappy coincidence that encouraged her to maintain the childish behaviour she had adopted on that previous occasion . |
| 4 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 5 | The cause , it was stated , was the ‘ systematic damage ’ she had wrought on higher education — and indeed education in general . |
| 6 | Yet even as one half of her mind speculated on its significance , the other half reminded her that if she had stumbled on this odd circumstance , then the police would almost certainly have done so in the course of their routine enquiries and , since Barney was still their prime suspect , found a satisfactory explanation . |
| 7 | Word had got about as to why she had disappeared on compassionate leave and she began receiving many invitations for such recreational activities as were available : film shows , dances or simply a get-together in the local inn . |
| 8 | Then he pulled down the sheet , which was all the bedclothes she had needed on that warm night , and she lay naked before him . |
| 9 | Mandy , as always , bounced through every day full of cheer and optimism , watching all the goings-on as if she had happened on front-row seats at the most enjoyable of soap operas . |
| 10 | Although as she changed from bus to bus she was free at last of the accusing voices , she had time for a number of second thoughts , wishing in particular that she had put on other clothes , and had had her hair cut . |
| 11 | She had put on one of Alice 's brassières under the dress she had lent her , but it looked odd , so she had to take it off . |
| 12 | It was for Pat that she had put on that dress , those smart shoes . |
| 13 | Impulsively , and without changing from the pale blue uniform she had put on this morning , since she did n't know how Faye wanted her new nurse to dress , Belinda found her way to the kitchen where the housekeeper , Mrs Porter , was creating deliciously savoury aromas as she cooked a three-course evening meal that was carefully balanced with Faye 's special needs in mind . |
| 14 | After all , she had entered on this day to please him . |
| 15 | He wore his clothes so well , she thought , looking at him ; not a bother on him , while she had tried on three different dresses before choosing one in desperation . |
| 16 | She seemed calm enough but the fit she had thrown on first wakening was fresh in his mind . |
| 17 | ( This was why he had not been allowed up to seek out Miranda in her room — though she had managed on several occasions to sneak some of her new friends past the desk ; while at night , there was no porter and she had her own key to the wrought-iron and glass front door . ) |