Example sentences of "she had [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had faced a certain amount of humiliation again at the hands of that wretched Marie , but the thing that stayed in her mind was the feel of Alain 's arms and the tang of his skin . |
| 2 | She had revealed a core belief before even sitting down ! |
| 3 | On one occasion she had drunk a lot of alcohol , which had made her feel worse . |
| 4 | She could tell her mother she had begun a novena to the Madonna of the Spasm in the Cathedral ; she might come across Tommaso then , somewhere in town , in the square , by the bocce game , and ask him if he would get her an ice cream too . |
| 5 | A WOMAN told an Old Bailey jury yesterday she had broken a 30-year silence about sexual abuse by her step-father to protect a young girl . |
| 6 | She had sustained a slight scratch on her neck . |
| 7 | And she had devised a hook for time with Lucy . |
| 8 | After the sickening shock of the rapid deterioration of her first childish marriage , she had been so afraid of ever again being engulfed by hatred and violence that she had maintained a resolute pleasantness even through the worst of times , even with Charles , who was not an easy man . |
| 9 | However , on 30 June we were told in response to inquiries by the court that she had not taken solid food since 21 June and that , although she had maintained a fluid intake of 12 cups of tea a day , her weight had dropped from 39 kg. on 16 June to 35.1 kg. on 30 June . |
| 10 | Since fleeing to Mexico from Guatemala in 1980 following the murder of her parents and brother by the then military regime , she had maintained a struggle for the rights of American indigenous peoples . |
| 11 | She said she had received a ‘ friendly and brotherly ’ reply from Dr Runcie . |
| 12 | She had received a sound enough education to act as a governess to children with parents overseas and , later , as a secretary-companion to American ladies . |
| 13 | ‘ Collier gave her the necessary sum , and when she had received a receipt of payment from the agent , he duly robbed the agent of the money … |
| 14 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |
| 15 | The accused maintained that he had gone to her home to ask if she had received a letter of apology from him for his earlier crime . |
| 16 | One compositor , Jean Henderson whose daughter kindly provided me with information , went into the trade ( in the 1890s , that is some time after the earliest entrants ) straight from the Dean Orphanage , where she had received a good education ( see Plate 1 ) . |
| 17 | She had received a few blows in her time , but after the first shock she had swung back . |
| 18 | ‘ Would n't it be lovely if Terry was one of them ? ’ a colleague said , but Sarah said quietly that she had received a letter from him and knew when he would arrive . |
| 19 | Iris glowed as if she had received a personal compliment . |
| 20 | She had received a note that morning while breakfasting at ‘ Mon Repos ’ from Sir Charles Webb-Bowen no less , telling her that she would be called upon to speak third in favour of the motion : ‘ That this Conference believes that better public and press relations would enable Government and Party to get its message across to the public more effectively . ’ |
| 21 | The root cause for her worry , for her looking back instead of forward , was her dear brother Sebastian and how , a week ago , as casual as could be , considering his name was on the mortgage agreement the same as hers , she had received a postcard from him . |
| 22 | Yesterday Mrs McIntyre said she had received a letter saying the matter was being looked into and apologising for the distress caused to Mrs Morrison . |
| 23 | She prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life . |
| 24 | She had to use a lot of initiative and think on her feet . |
| 25 | And she got out of breath so easily , she had to use a wheelchair . |
| 26 | Once she had visited a friend who had a room in a house in North London ; she had accompanied her friend into the small back garden , and had been deeply shocked to find that the walls dividing the row of small terraced gardens were only two feet high . |
| 27 | The Lake District , which she had visited a few times before her marriage and toured with friends , seemed a golden and available corner of gentility . |
| 28 | When she had to set a plate before him she could smell pomade on his hair , and her gaze was drawn to the long , clever hands which had once touched her body so intimately and unprofessionally . |
| 29 | While Philip slept , while Mary and Reggie slept , while Roberta and Faye slept ( they had not come out of their room ) she had painted a whole room . |
| 30 | On Aug. 24 the Syrian spokeswoman , Bushra Kanafani said that she had noted a " different style " in the Israeli delegation . |