Example sentences of "she [adv] had [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thus had little use for cinema which gave great weight to symbolism , and unfavourably contrasted symbolist poetry to the work of poets like Ezra Pound whose world operated , not through meaning , but through the ‘ direct impact of words ’ . |
| 2 | She always had some piece of sewing stuck in her belt while she cooked . |
| 3 | By anybody 's reckoning , she still had another week in which to go through agonies about it . |
| 4 | She lives in a large , sunny and specially adapted local authority bungalow in Northampton : the walls of the living room are decorated with her paintings ( done when she still had some use of her right hand ) and her kitchen cupboard is covered with postcards , love letters from old boyfriends and local newspaper articles . |
| 5 | She probably had enough cash for a taxi , but the taxi habit still came hard to a girl from the sticks who was n't even used to being able to afford bus fare . |
| 6 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
| 7 | She never had much time for me before . ’ |
| 8 | She sang as well as she could , hitting the right notes — she never had any problem with that — but it was pretty dreadful singing , so lifeless and uninspired , not the way she had been singing during the weeks before Gesner 's arrival . |
| 9 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |