Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had searched for pictures and added them to her dreams , gypsies dancing , donkeys plodding through narrow streets , dazzling white houses and cool patios drenched in flowers . |
| 2 | What pity she had possessed for others had been diffuse and impersonal , for women as a mass rather than for individual women such as poor , defeated Poll whom she saw daily , the marks of Jem 's fists on her face . |
| 3 | She felt relieved and began to express feelings she had hidden for years . |
| 4 | She did not think it good , it was the first time she had played for weeks and the sounds she made disquieted her , but perhaps it was good enough for busking . |
| 5 | Before Luke arrived back she had arranged for details and menus to be sent to her home address , and she was humming softly when he came in . |
| 6 | She had sent for lawyers . |
| 7 | Summoning all her reserves , she swam forcefully down the whole length of the pool , and back again , gradually realising that she felt fitter than she had done for ages . |
| 8 | She had thought for months of trying to blow the gaff on the fact that she was past marrying off , but it had seemed a lot to put Len through , and her mother was anyway exceptionally good at not acknowledging that a gaff had been blown . |
| 9 | She had driven for miles , trying to throw off the demons of jealousy and bitter resentment that plagued her , but it was no use . |