Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] she had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd wanted to escort her home but she had threatened to commit arson if he came within a quarter of a mile of the theatre . |
| 2 | Sally 's hand was clutching at her pearls now and she had turned very pale beneath her makeup . |
| 3 | Craig had been staying with her for some weeks now and she had grown used to seeing him there in her kitchen . |
| 4 | She had been too nervous to eat the evening before and she had skipped breakfast this morning . |
| 5 | Then her anger erupted , her hand flashed upwards and she had delivered a stinging slap to his left cheek before she even realised that she intended to . |
| 6 | Pat Yot had never been entrusted with such responsibility before but she had become a friend of the family ; to Bernard and Laura loyalty and energy mattered far more than experience . |
| 7 | She had never been to Spain before but she had imagined it . |
| 8 | Louise had gone back to Nîmes now but she had left Sally the white dress as a parting gift and even without the waspie-waisted basque it was by far the nicest thing Sally owned . |
| 9 | She had been six years old then and she had thought the fireworks the most beautiful sight in the world . |
| 10 | Not long ago she had begun to talk of life not being worth living again and she had demanded that Harry should tell her , once and for all , why it was worth living . |