Example sentences of "she have [adv] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 198 ) above , for example , is uttered by a young lady who is recounting to her horrified mother the experience she has just had of being thrown into prison and badly treated after being arrested in a bar brawl . |
| 2 | She 'd long dreamed of being desired by a man whose need was so overwhelming that he would do anything to be with her . |
| 3 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 4 | It was no good saying in her defence that she 'd only meant to be Cara Kingsdale for an hour , because things had n't worked out that way . |
| 5 | He seemed too young and vibrant for work she had previously thought to be the province of uniformed men with starched collars and even stiffer demeanours . |
| 6 | She had n't wanted to be sensible or clever . |
| 7 | By then she 'd had our second child for which I got blamed as she had n't wanted to be pregnant again . |
| 8 | The truth was she had n't wanted to be a housewife at all : she had wanted someone else to do the washing and the shopping and the cooking and to mind the child while she breakfasted with clients . |
| 9 | She 'd been required to be beautiful and talented and independent , but she had n't wanted to be any of those things . |
| 10 | She had n't had to be psychic to determine Margaret 's thoughts . |
| 11 | She had n't expected to be greeted with open arms , but the reception she 'd actually received had shaken her to the core . |
| 12 | She had n't expected to be let off the hook so easily , but still … |
| 13 | For once she had n't meant to be provocative , but Fen swore explosively and rage such as she had never seen filled his dark eyes . |
| 14 | She had not appeared to be surprised when he told her what he intended to do , nor had she put up any resistance . |
| 15 | She had not expected to be such a kind of girl ; she had watched this kind of girl for years ( the lips discreetly reddened , the loud laughter on the school bus , the tossing of long hair beneath rakish berets , the swinging of hips , the whispering in the garden ) but she had never expected to become one . |
| 16 | She had fervently hoped to be taken to the sergeant with the kindly expression and ruddy cheeks , or one of the men in the trailer , but it was not to be . |
| 17 | At the same time she had fiercely wanted to be proud of Phoebe , to support Phoebe 's admirable fight on her behalf . |
| 18 | She had fully expected to be dismissed the next morning , but nothing was said and she did n't ask . |
| 19 | But she had so wanted to be left alone for a while . |
| 20 | She had once studied to be a concert pianist and had been a pupil of Paderewski in Dresden in the summer of 1921 . |
| 21 | She seemed to have come down to earth , leaving behind the soap-opera image that she had once appeared to be caught up in . |
| 22 | She had never expected to be beautiful , and she was startled to see how nearly she approached a kind of beauty . |
| 23 | She had never expected to be beautiful because nobody had ever suggested that she might be so . |
| 24 | She had never expected to be this close to him again . |
| 25 | Lesley 's elder brother Dave , 34 , said last night : ‘ She had always wanted to be in uniform and had been in the Wrens . |
| 26 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 27 | She was transformed from the young trollop I remembered to the middle-aged reader of Trollope she had always wanted to be . |
| 28 | She had always wanted to be a boy . |
| 29 | She had always hankered to be tall and fair , like Riborg . |
| 30 | In the past she had only to think of being in an enclosed space and she would feel panic rising within her . |