Example sentences of "[coord] she had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( iii ) provided accommodation to the addict in your life because he or she had nowhere else to go . |
| 2 | Moreover , since it came to be accepted by many schools that a pupil could not study these separate subjects at A level unless he or she had already studied them at O level ( although in the 1950s it had been intended that O levels should be ‘ bypassed ’ by those who would study a subject at A level ) the domination of the university faculties began when a pupil was 14 . |
| 3 | The court adjudged that , having requested access to a lawyer , a suspect could not then be questioned without the presence of a lawyer , even if he or she had already conferred with the lawyer . |
| 4 | Few staff actually felt involved , even in schools where the head thought that he or she had actively tried to promote staff participation . |
| 5 | ‘ When he came back he said he was going to make more money than he or she had ever dreamed of . |
| 6 | Yet , in 1989 , according to the FBI , only 15% of all murder victims were related to their killers ; 39% were ‘ acquainted ’ with their murderers , but this figure would include , say , a drug dealer killed by a fellow gang member , or even a police officer murdered by a suspect whom he or she had once arrested . |
| 7 | There was precious little concrete to it , and she had probably hurt her mother and her father quite enough . |
| 8 | Her success had been due to her own qualities ; and she had even received national recognition for some of her work . |
| 9 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 10 | Anyway , he had given her enough money to have the baby comfortably ; and she had already made up her mind that she was n't going to have it adopted . |
| 11 | It was the first time that he 'd come anywhere near to making a personal remark , and she had already concluded that she did n't register with him as a person , only as his assistant , sexless and insignificant . |
| 12 | But it would have been too cruel , and she had already been cruel once , and being cruel to him did n't help her own pain . |
| 13 | He possessed a basic human right and she had already held back too long . |
| 14 | And she had rarely met anyone with a sharper eye , or a truer judgement on people . |
| 15 | Maybe Jeff was right that the man was insufferable and she had simply been bowled over by his formidable good looks and by that quality of heady excitement he exuded . |
| 16 | No problem , a disaster like this was forecast and she had wisely brought extra supplies ! ! |
| 17 | ‘ Her nose was all bashed in and she had clearly been badly beaten . |
| 18 | It was quite soon after the terrible motor accident that had crippled him for life , and she had just come in from the garden with a bunch of flowers for him . |
| 19 | I was still in the middle of training Dawn and she had just started to fly free . |
| 20 | A crocodile handbag lay on the table and she had just slipped off her new Italian shoes . |
| 21 | She followed , trying to spot a public phone , and she had just caught sight of one at the corner of the building when he came out of the office , a key in his hand . |
| 22 | She looked at Roman , so strong and dependable ; any woman would give thanks every day of her life for a man like him , and she had just ruined any chance she had of being that woman . |
| 23 | She had left herself the early part of the evening free , and she had just finished dressing when Florian and Nicky dropped in to show her some new photos of the fair South African child who went by the name of Joni Jones , Florian having insisted on the first and the name with which he had replaced his original , paradoxically both more and less ordinary name , having been legalised in both countries whose passports he held , the United Kingdom and South Africa . |
| 24 | Eventually she simmered down sufficiently to complete a few small office jobs , and she had just checked the answering machine when the sound of voices floated through the open front entrance . |
| 25 | And she had just turned on the TV , hoping for a late news-programme , when she heard the light knock on her bedroom door . |
| 26 | And she had just made love to a stranger . |
| 27 | There was a chest of drawers in her room , and she had just finished folding away other articles of clothing when she heard voices in the sitting-room . |
| 28 | The lamp-post that welcomed travellers to the inn had long lost its cursory flame , and she had neither candle nor lantern to light her way through the darkened streets . |
| 29 | Sarah was shorter than Catriona , and she had straight reddish hair , not the wild and curly type . |
| 30 | ‘ I only painted what I saw , ’ he answered and she had again that sudden , stupid stab of fear and pushed his handkerchief at him saying that she must go , she was late . |