Example sentences of "[det] be [adv] her [noun] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was where her life had been leading … |
| 2 | This was how her illness had started in the beginning — with an outbreak of insomnia some months after her child had died . |
| 3 | She wore her bridal clothes and jewellery : this was how her mother had sent her , for the first time , from her home , taking care that every detail of her ornaments should be perfect hoping , praying that she would be happy . |
| 4 | That was why her Dad had n't kept in touch with her , why her Mam got angry with her … . |
| 5 | That was why her mother had n't wrapped them up but had left them on her pillow twined around a single rose . |
| 6 | That was why her mother had this outlandish name of which she was so proud and which Alexandra had tried to keep from her few childhood friends . |
| 7 | It was true , she said — Sir Gregory Roscarrock was indeed her grandfather , and that was why her father had held fast to the Old Faith . |