Example sentences of "[vb past] she [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had so much going for her , why had she felt the urge to destroy herself ? |
| 2 | Sadly , her thoughts of a good omen continued to prove false , because no sooner had she raised the knocker than the door was wrenched open , and a young woman emerged backwards , still talking to someone inside the house . |
| 3 | Had she imagined the violence of the previous months ? |
| 4 | Had she heard the name , recognized her even ? |
| 5 | Where had she heard the rhyme ? |
| 6 | How many times had she heard the phrase that she had just used so easily . |
| 7 | Had she seen the whole , ridiculous daydream ? |
| 8 | How long had she seen the face for ? |
| 9 | She did not have sufficient strength to take stance on the gaunt bare branch above her head nor had she touched the remnant of meat that had been left the day before as her food and which now lay on the ground at her side . |
| 10 | Had she locked the door of the main cabin before retiring ? |
| 11 | Beatrice might have been happiest as a political hostess , however , had she won the marriage partner for whom her heart thumped . |
| 12 | In a shocked instant she saw it : had she seized the moment that was lost for ever now , had she spoken to Frere , unfolded the unhappy fate in store for him , it would have spelled disaster . |
| 13 | Had she told the truth when she 'd said there was nothing serious between them ? |
| 14 | ‘ I can walk , ’ she began , and might have added that she would have enjoyed to do that — had she got the chance . |
| 15 | She finished fifth about five lengths behind Walimu - but may have troubled the winner had she got the run of the race . |
| 16 | Where had she got the idea that he would tower above her ? ) with a narrow kind of face , and blue eyes , true enough , but a washed-out shade of blue , and too close together anyway . |
| 17 | Had she forgotten the way it was , the way it had grown ? |
| 18 | Where had she spent the night ? |
| 19 | Had she misjudged the time ? |
| 20 | For how many years had she entered the dining room at eight-thirty in the morning , at twelve-thirty , at seven-thirty , eaten the food she found there and gone ? |