Example sentences of "[adj] she had " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1895 she had attained the opening up of Lincoln 's Inn Fields to the poor . |
| 2 | Occasionally when she was wearing this she had a trick of lifting it like wings , or ruffling it as if it was her real plumage , and she 'd declare : ‘ My dears , I am preparing for The Flight — into Egypt , to the islands , to the New World — who knows ! ’ |
| 3 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
| 4 | Apart from this she had a great many ‘ mental ’ symptoms — floating feelings , panic attacks , irrational bouts of crying , dizziness , numbness and tingling in her hands and arms . |
| 5 | But his mother had nothing to do except care for him , and this she had blatantly failed to do . |
| 6 | AFTER THIS SHE HAD ODD FLASHES OF ‘ CLAIRVOYANCE ’ . |
| 7 | Whether this ever happened without dangerous cause , whether it often happened , what it signified , of all this she had no idea . |
| 8 | This she had made me promise when I was nine and she continued to insist that my refusal to live my life her way was selfishness and rank ingratitude . |
| 9 | This she had to say . |
| 10 | This she had done , only to find herself talking to a horribly languid sort of character who obviously fancied himself rotten and who , she was prepared to swear , was wearing brown suede shoes and a shirt featuring tattersall checks , accompanied by a green knit tie . |
| 11 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 12 | This she had thought until this moment to be due to a shortage of funds . |
| 13 | This she had sworn to do . |
| 14 | This she had waited for all her life . |
| 15 | This she had painted in a warm red tone , which complemented the dark wood and brass handles of her grandfather 's furniture . |
| 16 | ( In 1972 she had married a British academic , Michael Aris , and their two children were at school in England , where she had lived herself until April 1988 . ) |
| 17 | How sensible she had been not to give way to any of his blandishments . |
| 18 | Mam would never guess how brave she had been all the way home . |
| 19 | Praying , as she sidled along to the changing-room , that no one would ever know how utterly wrong she had been … |
| 20 | The brooch and the bag would make it clear she had originality although , taken in the context of the rest of the outfit , not too much . |
| 21 | At Prime Minister 's Questions in the afternoon Margaret Thatcher was challenged by a Labour MP , Jeff Rooker , on the change and although she managed to deflect the question it was clear she had not been briefed . |
| 22 | He had talked to Apthorp about her the previous afternoon , and it was clear she had exaggerated his anxiety about her health . |
| 23 | I do n't deny that I have some problems of my own , ’ she went on , although from the tone of her voice it was clear she had no idea what those problems might be . |
| 24 | Glass goes so far as to describe her as ‘ a monster ’ though it is clear she had his complete respect . |
| 25 | She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him . |
| 26 | The sun was full on her face , and it was clear she had been crying . |
| 27 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 28 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 29 | She absolutely could not move because her level of arousal was so high she had no performance her performance being walking in that case |
| 30 | To Lan 's astonishment her father signalled for her to approach the altar next ; as she was the youngest she had expected to go last , but her father was clearly singling Kim out for special treatment by allowing her to precede him . |