Example sentences of "she [vb past] [verb] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | She failed to intiut many of these power relations that underlie the representation of women because she was not questioning them . |
| 2 | Is there a message for me from a garage ? ’ she changed her mind to rephrase it pleasantly to the man whom she 'd seen many times before and who , from his broad welcoming smile , she knew had remembered her . |
| 3 | However , before she 'd gone many yards she recollected herself and turned to the bystanders . |
| 4 | It was a song she 'd heard many times in the past , one that had stayed in the popular charts for months . |
| 5 | She came to share many of his interests and tastes and as she grew up she became something of a. companion to him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although an unhappy liaison with Rodin consumed much of her attention during the next several years , she did produce many drawings , among them most of her famous cat studies , and at least a dozen paintings . |
| 8 | He , the laibon , was not so sad because he believed that she had caused many upsets . |
| 9 | She had visited many such vicoli before , but rarely unaccompanied . |
| 10 | Since then she had seen many different expressions in his eyes : amusement , surprise , speculation , even respect . |
| 11 | She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep . |
| 12 | In a recent essay she claims to have had a strong sense of déjá-vu upon first reading theories of post-structuralism and postmodernism , for though she had never been able to articulate them clearly in conceptual form , she had discovered many of the concepts these theories present through writing fiction ( 1991a:165 ) . |
| 13 | Breeze was not a nervous person in the ordinary way , but she had undergone many strange experiences that day , and this additional shock seemed to rob her of all her courage . |
| 14 | She was drawn unquestionably to the appearance of things , though she was aware that she had as yet much ground to cover , and that she had followed many a false trail ; she remembered with particular regret the quantities of eyeshadow which she had once thought desirable , and the pendant earrings of the same epoch . |
| 15 | His mother had said that it was all very well to mock but she had stood many long hours at auctions all over the city finding the right pieces . |
| 16 | Since Friday she had met many people who had every reason to be relieved , but Ayling had come closest to saying he was glad . |
| 17 | As Shama talked , Hussa added a reminder here and there as though they were stories which she had heard many times before . |
| 18 | But she had spent many years perfecting the art of the memo . |
| 19 | She had spent many years of her adult life in Page Street and most of her old friends still lived there in the row of terraced houses . |
| 20 | She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone . |
| 21 | She had walked many miles along the road before he had caught up with her . |
| 22 | Her eyepatch apart , she bore no obvious scars , but she had fought many battles , vanquished many foes . |
| 23 | This she protested against very strongly , on the ground that she had known many missed and some murdered who essayed to travel round that way in the night ; not that she thought such dark deeds as robbery would be perpetrated by any of the islanders , ‘ But you see , sir , the island is very near the sea , and all sorts of men are sailing round about , an ’ when they 've spent all their own earnings on drink , it 's hard to know what they 'll no' do to try and get more . ’ |
| 24 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 25 | She had had many boyfriends before meeting Mr Smith and lived with him for about one year before they married , five months before Keith was born . |
| 26 | She had had many colds during the last few years , but this one seemed much the worst . |
| 27 | Mrs Cass said she had bought many of her pets but had taken some abandoned by their owners and had found others running wild in the street . |
| 28 | She had undressed many men , she had read somewhere that nakedness was safest , because with the mystery gone humans were just humans , not that exciting , nothing special , and she believed it , for some times and for some human beings . |