Example sentences of "[noun sg] she have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for her own peace of mind she had to put matters straight . |
| 2 | After tea she had to ride out on Midnight , which she could work in with going up to Uncle Knacker 's to see the new horses . |
| 3 | Her health began to fail during the recent drought and as a result she had to give up her job . |
| 4 | It was his fault she had to go all the way back to the house . |
| 5 | In the dark she has to show her teeth for me to know she is smiling . |
| 6 | She kept rabbits in a hutch in the back garden behind the rows of cabbages and the clump of rhubarb and did not mind at all that in winter she had to wash at night in a bowl set on a sheet of brown paper in front of the living room fire because there was no heater in the bathroom . |
| 7 | Under his gaze she had to go to the sitting-room where she had slept , while he knew why she went and knelt by the sleeping-bag , which was only just out of his line of sight . |
| 8 | With all the work she had to do my mother could not do a sloppy job . |
| 9 | ‘ No wonder she had to knock you out . ’ |
| 10 | When she does so , you or another relative could suggest staying there with her for a day or two until she is ready to face the loneliness she has to learn to live with . |
| 11 | Had n't he realised that if he married a girl she had to eat ? |
| 12 | It was the Queen she had to betray . |
| 13 | On every return she has to find her burrow , distinguishing it from its surroundings . |
| 14 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 15 | The story she had to tell came as no surprise to either gentleman , but Benedict no sooner heard the introduction of the name of Kirtlington than he smote his forehead . |
| 16 | After half an hour she had to admit defeat . |
| 17 | Deep down , in some tiny corner of her mind untouched by this scorching , debilitating heat , she knew this was madness , yet she seemed powerless to resist as his mouth moved back to hers , hot and urgent , seeking a response she had to give . |
| 18 | Diana had said she would look in to say hello to give them a morale boost , but when one of her staff saw the route she had to take to get there they said she could not possibly go . |
| 19 | In the afternoon she had to trust Ruth on the way home . |
| 20 | She carried a textbook on neurology in case she had to wait long for David . |
| 21 | It was important to position herself within easy reach of the doors before letting him see her , in case she had to bolt . |
| 22 | While they waited in the room , which was furnished like a nursing home , with the child reading a comic on the bed and eating a bag of shortbread biscuits , she thought that it was as well to be next door to the railway station in case she had to get away quickly . |
| 23 | She went through as her father bid her : hating , every day more and more hating the show she was , the part she had to take up , the curio she had become , beached on the suffocating shore of the Fish . |
| 24 | She was word-perfect in the part she had to play ; knew she could perform without betraying her nervousness . |
| 25 | The Red Queen role was the same part she had to pull out of 18 months ago because of ill health . |
| 26 | But the most powerful is the father 's reaction to his daughter 's femininity and the part she has to play as ‘ Daddy 's little girl ’ . |
| 27 | She loved me all right and I was her only son , but oh , what a struggle she had to show ii . |
| 28 | The complex included squash courts , an indoor swimming-pool and a gym , and Rachel , who had always loved swimming , took advantage of every opportunity she had to visit the complex . |
| 29 | It was the first real opportunity she had to study him unobserved . |
| 30 | It 's a shame she had to go . ’ |