Example sentences of "[adj] she had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1895 she had attained the opening up of Lincoln 's Inn Fields to the poor . |
| 2 | This she had made me promise when I was nine and she continued to insist that my refusal to live my life her way was selfishness and rank ingratitude . |
| 3 | This she had done , only to find herself talking to a horribly languid sort of character who obviously fancied himself rotten and who , she was prepared to swear , was wearing brown suede shoes and a shirt featuring tattersall checks , accompanied by a green knit tie . |
| 4 | And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’ |
| 5 | This she had painted in a warm red tone , which complemented the dark wood and brass handles of her grandfather 's furniture . |
| 6 | This she had waited for all her life . |
| 7 | This she had to say . |
| 8 | This she had thought until this moment to be due to a shortage of funds . |
| 9 | And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? |
| 10 | This she had sworn to do . |
| 11 | ( In 1972 she had married a British academic , Michael Aris , and their two children were at school in England , where she had lived herself until April 1988 . ) |
| 12 | He had talked to Apthorp about her the previous afternoon , and it was clear she had exaggerated his anxiety about her health . |
| 13 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 14 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 15 | To Lan 's astonishment her father signalled for her to approach the altar next ; as she was the youngest she had expected to go last , but her father was clearly singling Kim out for special treatment by allowing her to precede him . |
| 16 | Despite all the sparks they had struck off one another she had felt they were forging a deep friendship based on mutual respect and acknowledgement of each other 's special qualities . |
| 17 | Throughout 1802 she had entertained at Merton Place , where she and Sir William and Horatio had a strange ménage à trois , in a lavish style which cost around £65 per week . |
| 18 | By the end of 1985 she had passed the Higher School Certificate and was ready to leave Camberwell High . |
| 19 | Their love-making , which was protracted and energetic ( Amaranth was afraid she had cricked her neck ) , continued until midnight , and she slept soundly until seven o'clock next morning . |
| 20 | Some she had met — when she was with him . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | When she was two years old she had seemed to be of a cheerful disposition and laughed obediently when he made a witch out of his knotted handkerchief or cast a swan 's shadow against her bedroom wall with his fingers . |
| 23 | She had not realised before exactly how dependent she had become on Piers . |
| 24 | From the age of 22 she had cut herself on many occasions . |
| 25 | It was intended that there should be assessment of the mother , but by August 1991 she had missed three assessment appointments . |
| 26 | On taking her history , it was discovered that when she was twelve or thirteen she had had frequent nose bleeds and had lost a great deal of blood . |
| 27 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 28 | For company , and a reminder of where she was and how much she had to do , she switched on the radio , let the cat out , filled the kettle and began to plan her morning 's round of visiting . |
| 29 | He laughed , and she realized how much she had missed seeing him . |
| 30 | She had n't realized how much she had missed Donna . |