Example sentences of "she [adv] had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She only had one cow , it was all she could afford , but it provided enough milk to go with the porridge in the morning and the potatoes at other meals . |
| 2 | She only had one stick in them days — seven years back , I reckon . |
| 3 | She thus had little use for cinema which gave great weight to symbolism , and unfavourably contrasted symbolist poetry to the work of poets like Ezra Pound whose world operated , not through meaning , but through the ‘ direct impact of words ’ . |
| 4 | She always had some piece of sewing stuck in her belt while she cooked . |
| 5 | He had looked after his younger brothers and sister , he had made sure that she always had enough money , but she had been hearing things of late that had frightened her . |
| 6 | she still had that cold |
| 7 | By anybody 's reckoning , she still had another week in which to go through agonies about it . |
| 8 | She lives in a large , sunny and specially adapted local authority bungalow in Northampton : the walls of the living room are decorated with her paintings ( done when she still had some use of her right hand ) and her kitchen cupboard is covered with postcards , love letters from old boyfriends and local newspaper articles . |
| 9 | She probably had enough cash for a taxi , but the taxi habit still came hard to a girl from the sticks who was n't even used to being able to afford bus fare . |
| 10 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 11 | She also had typical hypocalcaemia . |
| 12 | She also had some concern as to whether in eight week Alan might develop a taste for the alcohol , the chocolate , and even the cigarettes ! |
| 13 | She also had three penalty points endorsed on her licence and was ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs . |
| 14 | Dr Neil wanted to tell her to be careful , that she really had little idea of how hard and cruel the world was outside the privileged fastness in which she had previously lived , but he contented himself with saying instead , ‘ Have a good time , McAllister . |
| 15 | I also checked her urine for sugar as she now had vaginal thrush although this was probably due to the antibiotics . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , if she indeed had similar hair , I dare say that is not surprising . ’ |
| 17 | With the light of morning she just could n't allow herself to believe , as she fully had last night after his phone call , that she had blown all chance of an interview , and Fabia sipped her coffee and wondered — how ? |
| 18 | She never had much time for me before . ’ |
| 19 | She sang as well as she could , hitting the right notes — she never had any problem with that — but it was pretty dreadful singing , so lifeless and uninspired , not the way she had been singing during the weeks before Gesner 's arrival . |
| 20 | She never had any politics because she was n't allowed to . |
| 21 | Professionally , though , she never had any cause to doubt his judgement or medical skill . |
| 22 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 23 | Elizabeth said that ( like myself ) she could never bring herself to utter the words ‘ Natter and Noggin' ; and she never had any need to do so , for that establishment was no longer in existence when she visited Kyrenia eighteen years later — and she rather liked the place . |
| 24 | It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted both physically and emotionally that she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal . |