Example sentences of "[noun] she have [adv] [vb pp] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 2 | At the door she had suddenly looked up and said , ‘ Do n't you eat ? ’ |
| 3 | And though it had struck her as a slightly odd remark for a man on the brink of marriage to make , she most probably would n't have thought any more about it if he had responded to the way she had light-heartedly picked up on it with his usual unassailable self-assurance . |
| 4 | She had married late , at a time she had almost given up hope of finding a husband . |
| 5 | Eventually , she overcame her fear — with other schoolchildren she had sometimes ganged up to cry ‘ witch ’ at Kitty , delighted when she ran after them , gleefully scudding away like infant demons scattered by Beelzebub . |