Example sentences of "[noun] she had [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her state of extreme nervous tension she had clutched those dollars so tightly that they 'd almost disintegrated . |
| 2 | Maria shook her head angrily , aware of the futility of trying to explain the dilemma she had faced all those years ago to a man whose self-centredness precluded his ever having had to make a choice between his own interests and someone else 's . |
| 3 | Since Friday she had met many people who had every reason to be relieved , but Ayling had come closest to saying he was glad . |
| 4 | Up to the darkroom to begin at once the pictures she had taken this afternoon . |
| 5 | It was odd to think that even without his talent she had inherited this from her father . |
| 6 | He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him . |
| 7 | She had been a bustling energetic woman , always in a hurry , always busy , but here in her last will and testament she had uncovered some of the disappointment of her life , which no one had ever guessed . |
| 8 | Then after two or three months she had had enough so she did n't give her pay packet in at all . |
| 9 | No wonder she had made such a fool of herself by fainting in the middle of Luke 's proposal . |
| 10 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 11 | She thought of all the things she did n't like to do , the sewing and painting and practising , and then she tried to think of the days at home she had enjoyed most and unbidden , pictures came to her mind of the farm and the sheep and the days on the hill with her father . |
| 12 | By marrying John Carrow she had forfeited any claim she might otherwise have tried to make . |
| 13 | Maggie 's tone levelled a rare touch of criticism at the girl she had sheltered these last four months . |
| 14 | ( In the first few , more romantic months after her return she had shared these with Nigel . ) |
| 15 | The robe she had worn that first morning , after they had wed . |
| 16 | She sat down in front of it and looked at the half-page she had typed that morning . |
| 17 | By early afternoon she had had enough and returned to the barn , desperate for the cool interior and something to eat . |
| 18 | She had left Chetwynd Magna at ten o'clock , having seen both Gay and Felicity off by the London train ; and now it was nearly three , and her feet were cold ; she had eaten the sandwiches Matron had cut for her , and of course she had read all her papers hours and hours ago . |
| 19 | Much as she resented her all-out pursuit of Roman , Dana was the sister she had loved all her life . |
| 20 | It was the first bit of luck she had had all afternoon . |
| 21 | If she was nervous it remained hidden and in a few minutes she had put each of the sisters completely at ease , their shame and apprehension gone . |
| 22 | Within two days she had found some information on the Prince 's Trust , which is a scheme set up by the Duke of Cornwall , HRH Prince Charles himself . |
| 23 | In her early days as a singer she had encountered those who had wrongly assumed she was nothing more than a beautiful but empty-headed blonde . |
| 24 | That he 'd noticed she 'd got a decent figure was to be expected , she supposed , seeing that the lace cotton blouse and culottes she had worn that time she 'd gone out to dinner with Travis had touched her contours comfortably . |
| 25 | She had loved him , almost obsessively , since the age of sixteen and , though he had never in any way encouraged her , over the years she had built all her dreams around him . |
| 26 | Then , to increase her income and her reputation , she plunged into business enterprises for which she was ill-equipped and inexperienced ; in three or four years she had lost most of her money and people refused to work for her , ‘ it was advised about the town … that neither man nor beast would serve the said creature ’ . |
| 27 | Over the years she had forced these thoughts from her mind , telling herself that her sons were the product of their father . |
| 28 | ‘ I knew for certain when you showed me that photograph , and I realised it was Gaston , not Fabien whose picture she had kept all those years . |
| 29 | It was the first remark she had volunteered all evening . |
| 30 | After half a mile she had rejected this hypothesis and decided that it was merely because she was unattractive , the sort of person who , fifty years ago , would have worn rubber galoshes . |