Example sentences of "[pron] she have [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 2 | ‘ But only one redhead , ’ firmly stated the old lady , her eyes going back to Theda 's flaming crown , which she had dragged into a knot on top of her head and then allowed to fall behind . |
| 3 | As quick as a flash , Mildred pulled out a lasso of rope which she had hidden in a drawer and slipped it over the astonished girl 's head and shoulders , yanking it tightly enough to bind her arms to her sides . |
| 4 | Indoors she wore a long black pinafore-like garment , sleeveless and reaching almost to the ground , which she had made from a cotton material used later during the war for black-out curtains and called , I think , sateen . |
| 5 | Merrill was drying her hair on Saturday afternoon when Diane from the next flat knocked at the door and held out a letter addressed to Merrill , explaining that it had been included with her junk mail which she had ignored until a moment ago . |
| 6 | His aunt and her daughter stayed to hear if there was anything of interest in the will which she had left in a drawer , but they went disappointed , giving Tim a couple of moist hugs on their way out . |
| 7 | she gave the example of a hedgehog pattern which she had used on a sweater . |
| 8 | Even in her sleepy morning daze the first sight of the nursery lifted her heart ; the nursing chair with its back decorated with rabbits ; the matching changing table fitted with drawers for the baby 's things ; the wicker cot in its stand which she had lined with a pink , blue and white flowered cotton to match the curtains ; the bright fringe of nursery-rhyme characters which Clifford had pasted round the wall . |
| 9 | She was reported missing by her boyfriend , Peter Hook , 25 , who discovered her body with the help of an official from Turning Point , the drugs advisory charity for which she had worked as a counsellor for three years . |
| 10 | Her interest has been aroused by some new paintings which she has seen in a SoHo gallery , which a friend has compared unfavourably with the work of Lee Krasner . |
| 11 | Bless the lady : she gave me a large breakfast and then told me she had arranged with a friend who had a car to take me into Lochinver . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't worry , Matey , ’ he said to her , leaving the room of many memories , putting his arms about her , seeing with new eyes how old she had grown , and that he was all she had , the last of the many children for whom she had cared in a long life of selfless service . |
| 13 | There were two daughters of the marriage , Sophie , born in 1830 , who became the wife of Sir George Bailey , of Seal Close , in the Lincolnshire Wolds , and Christabel , born in 1825 , who lived with her parents until in 1853 a small independence , left her by a maiden aunt , Antoinette de Kercoz , enabled her to set up house in Richmond in Surrey , with a young woman friend whom she had met at a lecture of Ruskin 's . |
| 14 | Both gentlemen once more glanced round to where the old lady was still staring , but now speaking to Lady Danby , whom she had detained with a hand on her arm . |
| 15 | My mother was visiting someone who worked there whom she 'd known as a child . |
| 16 | something she 's seen in a magazine or |
| 17 | He managed to spend the odd hour alone with Grace , who told him she had fallen for a Welsh corporal who had stood on a land-mine and ended up blind in one eye . |
| 18 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 19 | She came along sedately in the middle of the night in complete confidence , the umbrella raised and perfect , with a look of absolute bliss on her face to show her mother what she had got for a present . |
| 20 | ‘ When Jane told us she had asked for a divorce it was a complete shock . ’ |