Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] she have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 She works fast , adding one strip to the rim of the hardening strip below until she has built a small bottle , complete with an elegant out-turned lip to its mouth .
2 Esther could not have planned that particular episode better if she had intended it .
3 It was from the card inside that she had learned their first names : Teodor and Sophie .
4 Cynon Valley ) in a written reply yesterday that she has received 6,900 letters on Cambodia over the last month .
5 Accordingly , the policy of dismissing a woman employee solely because she had attained the qualifying age for a state pension which was lower than that for a man constituted discrimination contrary to the Council Directive .
6 Until at last there was only one Callanish eagle left , a juvenile whom the others had sought to protect and so had prevented from joining in the fighting even though she had wanted to .
7 The wife is no less entitled to share in the family income just because she has assumed responsibilities in the ‘ non-profit ’ segment .
8 In the hall she dreaded the advent of a parent less than she had dreaded it earlier .
9 It had been purchased by my immediate boss just before she had left to work somewhere else .
10 They cried a lot , and Jesie Smith , appearing in the kitchen more than she had done in recent months , not only cried but wailed , nearly always when Joe was within earshot , and the substance of her wailing was , ‘ Left without a breadwinner , ’ which nearly always elicited , ‘ Oh !
11 His instinct for self preservation had warned him of her move long before she had made it .
12 Popping over the border into France had been Peter 's favourite excuse to account for his absences from the shop ever since she 'd known him .
13 Pound had known Phyllis Bottome between 1905 and 1907 , when they were fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania , and it 's not clear whether it is that early association , or a period later when she had caught up with him in London , that Phyllis Bottome had in mind when she wrote of how Pound tried to transform her as a writer from a talented amateur into a professional :
14 She had been too nervous to eat the evening before and she had skipped breakfast this morning .
15 She moved with natural grace , gliding between the tables , approaching customers who showed an interest to give them an extra twirl , unbuttoning the little figure-hugging jacket and posing with her hand on her waist , rucking up the jacket slightly to display the blouse underneath as she had seen the professional models do .
16 Loretta 's hopes of a conciliatory chat with Bridget over breakfast were dashed by the fact that she had set her alarm clock for half an hour later than she had intended .
17 And she 'd had an abortion the night before and she 'd died that day on the Monday .
18 Rose knew many of the people on the platform even though she had spent half her life in Scotland and she responded to each greeting with warmth , careful to watch that her friendliness did not grate on Moran .
19 Oh fine , yet Jo was just saying on the phone there that she 'd seen him in a catalogue .
20 Pat Yot had never been entrusted with such responsibility before but she had become a friend of the family ; to Bernard and Laura loyalty and energy mattered far more than experience .
21 So Katie made the following comment shortly after she had picked up a card showing Mitch from Baywatch :
22 It was a month now since she 'd left Heymouth , and she 'd read in the newspapers that a great deal had been accomplished there .
23 It was nearly a week now since she had sent it off .
24 The bad news reached her the next morning even before she had finished dressing , and then before very many days had passed she found out her condition , and the skies really fell in for her .
25 I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year .
26 In casual , chatty tones , she told me that " my news " had n't penetrated to her Surrey retreat , and in fact had n't reached her until an hour ago when she 'd arrived , having had nothing to the contrary since last year , to keep the traditional family tryst at my father 's house .
27 She must n't let the sense of happiness grow and blossom just because she had met him .
28 ACTRESS Mia Farrow does not have a new man in her life now that she has split up with film director Woody Allen .
29 Afterwards , when he drew her close , she went to sleep almost before she 'd had time to savour the pleasure of lying in his arms .
30 And of course then when she had done it they used to fold it up they used to just get it then and go like that you know , and just fold it up and then when it was done all done you see , they 'd take it back to this here lady and then of course they used to pay you for it .
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