Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] she [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 2 | ‘ She agreed eight o'clock when I spoke to her yesterday , after I 'd offered her every other hour of the day . |
| 3 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 4 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 5 | I have christened her the Blessed Dawg and her large brown eyes are filled with sorrowful compassion , her wrinkled forehead , which was bequeathed by her bloodhound ancestors , is the very epitome of worried concern . |
| 6 | They promptly referred her to a housing association which has found her a three-bedroomed house . |
| 7 | She got home to Kington Square at last , still grubby , very hungry , quite dispirited and having had to hand over to the police the document which had cost her an unreasonable amount of suffering . |
| 8 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've known her a long while ? ’ |
| 10 | She had given her a tiny dose of medicine just before the explosion , and now Julia closed her eyes . |
| 11 | She had made her a cool and sweet-smelling bed of grasses inside a circle of powder to keep away ants and other insects . |
| 12 | The only payment she had received was from Charles Briant who had given her a generous bonus for her extra work on his boots . |
| 13 | It would be typical of Jacqui 's naivety to believe that she was dealing with an honest man who had given her the only copies in existence . |
| 14 | Today Mrs Goreng had bestowed her usual dazzling malai smile of white teeth on the Danuese teenager who had brought her a clean cup when De Gaulle said , ‘ Mrs Goreng , may I have a word with you ? ’ |
| 15 | She thought of the helpful policeman who had told her the wrong day for the train . |
| 16 | A day or two later Anthony Rouse and I were astonished to hear that her agents were demanding the interview be withdrawn because , as she complained in a letter to the BBC 's Director General , Hugh Carleton-Greene , we had given her a solemn undertaking over lunch not to mention the matter of Wells and their son at all . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 18 | He had very deliberately told her to get lost , and when she did n't take the hint , he 'd sent her an obscene note . |
| 19 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 20 | It was as if , in not knowing , he 'd paid her a great compliment . |
| 21 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 22 | Why could n't he have given her a different choice , one that did n't involve old loyalties ? |
| 23 | Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave . |
| 24 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 25 | On his return , he had given her a gold-coloured owl and told her he was in love with her . |
| 26 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 27 | Meg remembered , shuddered with the memory ; the whole deal : he had given her a just beating , then pissed all over her . |
| 28 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
| 29 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 30 | They said Farrow gave him the Valentine with ‘ a gentle , almost kindly ’ glance after he had given her an embroidered heart and a red satin box of chocolates . |