Example sentences of "she had [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary 's ordeal included a 4am raid on her home by Scotland Yard and social workers convinced she had kidnapped Alex and smuggled him into England from Cyprus . |
| 2 | Lee listened to the patio door closing quietly , and felt ashamed , ignoble , as if she were embarrassed about having had an epileptic fit or as if she had broken wind in the middle of a fairy-tale . |
| 3 | True , her father and nine uncles and aunts ( Irish , all doctors ) were serious gardeners , and she had grown marigolds and radishes as a small girl . |
| 4 | Earlier in life she had loved music passionately , but after Montaine 's suicide she had never listened to another note . |
| 5 | She had obeyed sex , she had trusted sex , she had loved sex , and it had betrayed her , had deceived her , had left her sitting here , a middle-aged housewife , mother of three , playing cards , with nothing before her but old age . |
| 6 | She had loved Nellie Farren as Jack — but it was Sylvia Grey she admired the most … |
| 7 | She had loved Connor from the day she set eyes on him ; and he loved her too , though as long as she was his brother 's wife , he would never admit it . |
| 8 | She had loved Vitor from their moment of meeting , she was in love with him now and — Ashley thumped at her pillow — she would doubtless still be besotted by the man in another thirty years . |
| 9 | The pain was such that in her anger she could not remember how much , or even if , she had loved Edmund . |
| 10 | She was jailed for six months yesterday after a judge told her she had caused chaos and fear to boost her restaurant 's profits . |
| 11 | Liberal Democrat Councillor Rosemary Cooper said she had received complaints about the policy , which she claimed the council used to ‘ cream off ’ commission from the insurance companies . |
| 12 | But ward councillor Hannah Straiton ( Lab ) said she had received complaints about the noise . |
| 13 | But Charlie was away and this certainly was n't his writing : last year she had received postcards sent by him while travelling abroad with the quartet , and they were naturally never personal , just stating how the concerts were going . |
| 14 | Asked if she had received notification from the TV licensing authorities she said : ‘ I do n't know — I do n't handle all my mail . ’ |
| 15 | Mrs Gray was more relaxed now than when she had received Theodora a couple of hours ago and Theodora gave herself up to the pleasure of walking through the church yard to the church door . |
| 16 | She felt her stroke was due to the fertility drugs she had taken before each pregnancy , rather than to the childbirth itself : for the fifth pregnancy she had received injections of the drugs for the first time . |
| 17 | She had received £70 in cash , repaid £35 , and still owed £101 15s . |
| 18 | A LEADING campaigner for women priests said yesterday she had received death threats . |
| 19 | She was a strong swimmer , a good cook , and she had received Clive 's assurance that their relationship would remain strictly platonic . |
| 20 | He had reason to suspect that she had saved money and his life could glow again in the concentration of her attention . |
| 21 | It was a gallant bid by Pegg to win her first title , and she showed tremendous determination for she had to use crutches after damaging a kneecap last week . |
| 22 | Miss Armstrong said that when she had visited Wolsingham Comprehensive School , one of the first users of the Echo on CD-Rom , she had been kept on her toes by the fact that the pupils were well-informed about things she had said and done . |
| 23 | Later , after she had visited Joy for the last time and he had filled her arms with fruit , as he had on every visit , she made her way to the cemetery . |
| 24 | Had it only been this morning that she had visited Switham House and received that kind lady 's offer of help ? |
| 25 | She had visited coffee bars with boys . |
| 26 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 27 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 28 | She had noted chest pain after two previous injections . |
| 29 | She had hated Dierdriu on the terrible day that Dierdriu had told her that she and Fergus were to be parted . |
| 30 | A minute before , she had hated bars and drinking and what people called ‘ going out ’ ; now she felt pleased and flattered , just as if Sarah had invited her to do something interesting . |