Example sentences of "she had the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , she had the fare , she would explain everything when they met . |
| 2 | She had the edge on me from the point of view of rank , but I felt secure in the knowledge that ‘ J ’ ( my Corporal ) did n't want to take her out anyway . |
| 3 | The mare was not as fast as Grye but she had the edge on the stallion when it came to jumping , and Seb did not intend stopping to open any gates . |
| 4 | And she had the edge on him because there was money to come . |
| 5 | Maybe it was because she had the advantage of the high ground and was looking down on me . |
| 6 | She had the advantage of knowing the sort of places her cousin might be . |
| 7 | Liz Spalding was a hit with the children , which was important to her ; if Weaver did not attack that night , then she might be a regular presence in the house over the next few days , and it was essential that she had the trust and co-operation of the kids as well as Jack and Chrissie Stone themselves . |
| 8 | But what would Gemma want to eat if she had the choice ? |
| 9 | You remember she had the apartment where Sean and Michael stayed before they took the house at — ‘ |
| 10 | Jenny saw one way by which she could reach and stop Miss Clinton before either of them — if she had the pluck . |
| 11 | It was not that the family did not make her comfortable or spare any expense to see that she had the clothes and servants she needed , but rather that she found their way of life , their attitudes , their conversation , humour , tastes and ideas completely alien to everything she was used to . |
| 12 | She had the air of a polite bespectacled rabbit at her repast . |
| 13 | With so much specialised knowledge , which would qualify her for nothing much except a pilot 's certificate , with her wellingtons over which the mud of many tides had dried , she had the air of something aquatic , a demon from the depths , perhaps . |
| 14 | She had the air of a female terrorist ; someone who might take it into her head to shoot at any moment . |
| 15 | She had the air of one who might head for the pavement and start writhing at any minute . |
| 16 | PWL 's managing director David Howells entered the debate on Kylie 's future by insisting she had the qualities to see her endure in the same way pop 's Peter Pan Cliff Richard had . |
| 17 | He had selected the 27-year-old Kate Miskin on her record and her performance at interview , satisfied that she had the qualities for which he was looking . |
| 18 | She had the ability and now she had had the break . |
| 19 | She had never found any place in the world intimidating when she was after a story and she had the ability to ferret out facts , an uncanny instinct for the truth . |
| 20 | And when she went to Pot'ma she had the whole and unchipped attention of her man , and when he drove their car and walked with her in front of the shops he had no files , no papers . |
| 21 | She had the whole of the second floor completely to herself . |
| 22 | She had the whole . |
| 23 | And when I come back , she had the poker in the fire : they used to put it into the stout . ’ |
| 24 | Hari prided herself that while she had the skill and the strength of any shoemaker , she also had a flair for design that most cobblers lacked , Emily would learn that lesson to her cost . |
| 25 | She had the skill , courage and creativity to facilitate the learning process of these pupils . |
| 26 | One Ramadan day she had the sores ; the following day they had disappeared . |
| 27 | Bedell goes on to say that when a man embarks on one of those humiliation rituals which men behind desks have been perfecting for generations , she wishes she had the guts to introduce a bit of power play and weep gently but composedly . |
| 28 | She had the guts to decide what she wanted and went for it in an open , una-shamed way . |
| 29 | When she learned — shock , horror , dismay ! — that he wanted to take me out to dinner she had the brass nerve to call me ‘ a Jezebel ’ ! |
| 30 | She had the memory of different bodies , the memory , of pain , the memory of unclean pleasure . |