Example sentences of "[noun pl] she have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His betrayal of Nicola Hammond ought to have annoyed her — not for Nicola 's sake , but because she was reminded of risks she 'd taken ; of risks she might have to take . |
| 2 | Lisa Marie has been secretly recording demo tapes of songs she has written . |
| 3 | P'raps she 's snuffed it . ’ |
| 4 | Later we went into the darkness of the Santuario ; there was no one there but the Madonna , who seemed to look down benignly on us as for centuries she had looked on friend and enemy alike . |
| 5 | Maggie turned round to find herself staring into the eyes she 'd stared into in the pub . |
| 6 | Her approach , in common with other innovators , was to get the very best from each and every child , using methods she had devised to achieve this goal . |
| 7 | In two steps she had reached the slop bucket , dropped the packet in , watched it splash on the cobbles and turned round as a voice rang out in the yard . |
| 8 | Harriet seemed to have forgotten the grievances she 'd had against him . |
| 9 | Donna remembered with sorrow the number of humiliations she had endured from her in school , and the thought of exposing the contents of the parcel she was carrying to such a merciless judge unnerved her . |
| 10 | It was just possible that the painkillers she had taken for her shoulder had reacted with the alcohol , but it seemed unlikely . |
| 11 | ‘ Flick 's made a hit , ’ Gay observed that night , strolling into Breeze 's bedroom clad in the patched pyjamas she had worn at school . |
| 12 | But in other respects she had had her own way . |
| 13 | Flustered , she reversed , and the groceries she had bought en route fell off the back seat and flopped to the floor . |
| 14 | Finally she tried to get down to some more serious work , first skimming through a book about castles she had brought with her , then sketching ruined towers , broken archways and towering keeps . |
| 15 | At the far end of the room Adèle was delightedly telling Mrs Fairfax about the presents she had received . |
| 16 | Tonight , with Marlin working until nine and a late dinner planned , she 'd decided to spend the early evening assigning and wrapping the presents she 'd accumulated on her various Fifth Avenue sorties , sweetening her labours with wine and music . |
| 17 | Like all good secretaries she had acquired or at least known how to simulate , some of the idealised attributes of wife , mother , mistress , confidante , servant and friend without being , or indeed expecting to be , any of these . |
| 18 | They were the first such images she had seen — the Grimauds , like many Nîmois , were staunchly Protestant . |
| 19 | So for the next few months she used a variant of the tactics she had tried to perfect with her parents : do what you 're told and keep your head down . |
| 20 | At what moment had she surrendered the tactics she 'd planned to the charismatic persuasion of Luke 's personality ? |
| 21 | Eventually , forced out by the need to buy basic necessities she had met the pusher in the toilets in one of the big stores . |
| 22 | She had looked forward to long satisfying talks with him , when she could tell all about her feelings and all the worries she had kept to herself for so long , but it was not easy for Joe to spend time alone with her . |
| 23 | And , although she never actually put it into words she had made it perfectly clear that she would put him out of business if he did n't agree to her terms . |
| 24 | Underneath , on the same stone , were the words she had added : |
| 25 | She was mumbling words , the cool words she had rehearsed to herself were lost . |
| 26 | These were the words she had longed to hear , the ones she had wished for that day at the Trevi Fountain . |
| 27 | After a moment , Craig took her in his arms and held her close and , smoothing back her hair , whispered to her gently , the very same words she had used to her mother . |
| 28 | Only they were not the words she had expected : it was William who had died . |
| 29 | She punctuates her conversation with snatches of song , hummed through closed lips , then recites slowly some of the words she has written . |
| 30 | ‘ She might 've had two lots of make-up , and you do n't know how many nighties she 's got . ’ |