Example sentences of "she had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Americans she had scant respect and considered them to be nouveau riche upstarts , not good enough to hold a candle to the real thing . |
| 2 | Hers was also a significant name because she had black hair and her disappearance was reported on May 17th . |
| 3 | She had black hair and great stormy black eyes , and there was gold at her ears and round her neck . |
| 4 | She had black hair , too , a sort of spiky cut , but that was the fashion then . |
| 5 | She drifted pleasantly away , finding herself at the theatre with Kate Maybury , but she had black hair and carried a colander , and in the colander lay a tiny baby , but Mrs Maybury would n't let her see it , just told her to watch the show . |
| 6 | Like she had black hair and |
| 7 | Charles says , with relish : ‘ I do n't know whether a psychologist would say it was the trauma of the divorce but she had real difficulty telling the truth purely because she liked to embellish things . |
| 8 | Slender though she was , she had real stamina . |
| 9 | But one major turning point came when she started going to carpentry evening classes and found she had real talent for do-it-yourself . |
| 10 | She had real strength in her . |
| 11 | If he had guessed that she had prior knowledge , he was not prepared to say so . |
| 12 | And I wondered what she had blonde hair for . |
| 13 | But she had nice hair — not so long as Marie 's , but just as shiny . |
| 14 | When she asked her opinion of a radio programme , Mrs O replied that , as she had total hearing loss , she did n't hear the programme . |
| 15 | He made sure that she had ample money . |
| 16 | She had ample power to stem the tide that ebbed enthusiastically out past the Needles , and would not be blown off course by the north-easterly wind . |
| 17 | Shortly before he died , Mary had noticed that she had great difficulty swallowing food , had gone to her doctor and he had organized X-rays and tests at the local hospital . |
| 18 | In her room Sally eventually managed to get out of her dress though her hands were trembling so much she had great difficulty with the zipper . |
| 19 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 20 | As a foreigner she had great difficulty getting admitted there as an apprentice , but eventually succeeded with assistance from the Duke of Orleans . |
| 21 | It took a minute to dawn and then she had great difficulty in not laughing . |
| 22 | She had great difficulty getting herself accepted on a government-sponsored TOPS course because she was considered over-qualified . |
| 23 | So she had great fun making them . |
| 24 | and she had great fun , we |
| 25 | She knew that , as long as she applied it with care , she had great power over Bernard . |
| 26 | The thought did not daunt her , but she had great need of a moment of silence , to take breath and consider how much she dared tell . |
| 27 | A few days ago , they had had a long and intense discussion about acting , and he had read through some scenes with her , and told her she had great talent and great beauty . |
| 28 | She had great wisdom . |
| 29 | She had long hair , and a short-skirt , but she did n't fit in , she was a mum . |
| 30 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |