Example sentences of "she had [adv] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 2 | She had rarely seen him outside the context of the family . |
| 3 | And she had rarely met anyone with a sharper eye , or a truer judgement on people . |
| 4 | It occurred to her suddenly that she had rarely enjoyed herself so much as she was now doing , seated in Dr Neil 's kitchen , dressed like a skivvy and eating a huge meal , rather than languidly nibbling at it , as she would have done at one of Aunt Nella 's ‘ At Homes ’ . |
| 5 | She had continuously offered her services to the RCM committee as a foster parent , but they had never found a suitable child and perhaps also felt that she was too poor to cope . |
| 6 | She had previously limited her expression of that disapproval to hints , and to glancing remarks ; now , clearly , she had decided the time had come to be more open . |
| 7 | Emily left me one of her large paintings of the green B.C. forests in her will ; she had previously given me two of her books . |
| 8 | He said nothing , did nothing , and for a few seconds , she thought she had finally silenced him . |
| 9 | She had finally recognized it . |
| 10 | Perhaps now , now she had finally written it down , could stare at the irretrievable words , written in black and white , she would be able to accept the way things had to be , she would have the strength to return . |
| 11 | She had finally cornered her prey and Charity wanted to go ? |
| 12 | This weekend she had finally braced herself to the course of obtruding the existence of Len into the house . |
| 13 | During her romance she had regularly raided her friends ' wardrobes so that she would have a presentable outfit to go out in . |
| 14 | Perhaps she had scarcely heard them , or had taken them as a mere mechanical rejoinder to her own ‘ Do n't hate me ’ . |
| 15 | All this time she had scarcely noticed there were other people in the car with her . |
| 16 | She had scarcely recovered her composure from that frantic evening before he invited her to join him on the royal yacht Britannia during Cowes Week . |
| 17 | Before , she had slightly intimidated him . |
| 18 | She looked at him as if she had barely heard him . |
| 19 | She had barely recognized their cool , urbane general manager in the seedy , vengeful man who had made such wild accusations . |
| 20 | She had seen him only once during the past three years — two bleak weeks ago at the funeral , when her grief had been so great that she had barely registered his presence . |
| 21 | She was bone-weary from a day 's back-breaking labour , but it was essential that she finish what she was writing , for she had a deadline to reach and that deadline was the day after tomorrow , her half-day , and she had barely begun her task . |
| 22 | Instead , a sleepy purring trill told her that the dozing house cat — it was the long-haired one , named after Bubastis , and almost a pet — had mistaken her clumsiness for a caress ; she had barely disturbed its sleep . |
| 23 | And in doing so she had nearly lost her balance , and he was heaping coals of fire on her head by holding her up . |
| 24 | Yes , it was , how extraordinary , it was her own ex-patient Hilda Stark , diseuse , comedienne and would-be infanticide , whose career had been violently interrupted when in a fit of madness ( to put it non-technically ) she had nearly strangled her baby in its cradle : and here she was , laughing and drinking champagne , a guest ; how improper , how indiscreet ; was she married to somebody , had she come as somebody 's wife ? |
| 25 | Did the nurse mean that she had nearly died herself ? |
| 26 | She had nearly told him she would n't be there when he came for her . |
| 27 | Afraid that he might guess at her deceit , she began talking , laughing , making plans , distracting his attention from what she had wickedly led him to believe . |
| 28 | Unaware that she had even done it , Maura opened her legs wide . |
| 29 | She had even felt her mouth begin to twist itself into a grin … . |
| 30 | She had even saved his life in 1978 , when he sank into a coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage . |