Example sentences of "[noun sg] she [vb past] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the dragon had flighted across the market place of Antioch , and Margaret had found herself swept up between the huge teeth , she had laughed like a child at the brief glance she had had of the panic around her ; she had laughed from the pure unexpectedness of her escape and at the terrified way the mighty Olybrius had nearly swallowed his moustaches . |
| 2 | You show me words Joelle , my trunk she sobbed has lost it , ah it 's a poem . |
| 3 | Sylvia Dick is finally reunited with the car she thought had gone for good . |
| 4 | It was n't fair to leave him in a fool 's paradise , and for her own peace of mind she wanted to have everything settled . |
| 5 | Both girls thought she was joking at first but when she recounted word for word the interview she had had with Moran they exploded into wild laughter . |
| 6 | Her hard work and determination set her in good stead for the confrontation she had had with the Johnson representative , Albert Buller . |
| 7 | The comfortable feeling of friendship she had had since that night in August , when she had so firmly suppressed her teenage-flavoured infatuation , was what had allowed love to grow . |
| 8 | Yesterday when he had imprinted his lips on her mouth she had had no foretaste of what a deliberate kiss of his could be like . |
| 9 | Her body felt stiff and awkward , as if the cold she felt had been physical enough to stiffen her muscles , as well as freeze her heart . |
| 10 | She then told me of a child she had had who had been still-born . |
| 11 | As a child she had had a piggy bank ; she could recall the physical satisfaction of its jingling weight in her hands . |
| 12 | The slender hold she 'd had on him was broken because of her impatience . |
| 13 | It seemed artificially produced , as if in an attempt to control any quavering she had had to gather both breath and energy to produce the measured cadences . |
| 14 | The dream she had had , lying on the beach and the sea coming in , split open and fire running out of her guts , that would not be enough . |
| 15 | Everything was out in the open now and the dream she had had for so long was about to turn into reality . |
| 16 | He discovered that as a girl she had had a passion for Stendhal , so had he , and they talked about Julien Sorel and Tolstoi and Rimbaud . |
| 17 | In fourteen years Eleanor had not produced an heir to his kingdom , but in the first six years of her second marriage she had had five children and four of them were boys : William , who died in 1156 , Henry , Richard and Geoffrey . |
| 18 | It seemed to me that the question she asked had been simmering in her for some time . |
| 19 | But as she walked quickly through the enormous building she began to have doubts . |
| 20 | Scar tissue all right ; a birthmark she 'd had removed in early teens in case it turned malignant . |
| 21 | It was all the whisky she 'd had . |
| 22 | I 've experienced them , ’ — remembering , with a shudder , a crappy little agency in Clapham where there had lurked a loud gritty third-rate Scottish horror she 'd had the misfortune to run across in her Algox days . |
| 23 | Twenty four hours before admission she had had a transitional mole removed from her back under local anaesthesia in the outpatient department . |
| 24 | If she had been a religious person she would have put it down to retribution for her sins , but she had lost whatever faith she had had in her years as the Madam of Dublin 's most fashionable brothel . |
| 25 | Janet has worked at Barlaston for the past 18 months and the award she gained has marked the completion of a year-long programme designed to help the Guild 's managers to develop further their marketing and merchandising skills . |
| 26 | By early afternoon she had had enough and returned to the barn , desperate for the cool interior and something to eat . |
| 27 | Of course she 'd had to ; Gran needed her ; Adam was no use , and Ruth , steady and sensible , was the obvious grandchild to come and help over the summer season . |
| 28 | Like her great namesake she was always well organized , and of course she had had so much experience helping with my grandmother 's last six confinements , and going out sometimes with our local midwife , who to some would be a Sairey Gamp , but to those who knew her , another angel of mercy . |
| 29 | Paula reappeared , carrying the little modelling case she had had to buy and equip with cosmetics , shoes and spare tights . |
| 30 | ‘ In case she 'd had an accident or something ? ’ suggested Dalziel sympathetically . |