Example sentences of "she had [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janine nodded and left the flat , feeling lighter hearted than she had for many days . |
| 2 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 3 | Robyn , doing her best to ignore the almost overwhelming feeling of pure dislike which she had for this man , glanced at the ornate carriage clock beside the bed , registered the time slowly and looked aghast . |
| 4 | But she had for several years been living a life which the word frugal does not even begin to describe accurately . |
| 5 | All the family thought that in spite of Maureen 's arduous lifestyle , she looked better and happier than she had for several years . |
| 6 | I did ask Mme Guérigny what evidence she had for these sacrificial murders . |
| 7 | She had on all her jewellery and a great fur cloak over her nightdress . |
| 8 | She had on that special queasy-bright look women like her put on for girls of my age . |
| 9 | She had on several occasions fobbed off my clumsy advances with great ease and much friendliness . |
| 10 | Feeling closer to him than she had at any time since her mother 's death , Rory hid her face against his shoulder . |
| 11 | Emmie had always known it , really , but only as part of the long , beautiful dream she had about all her family . |
| 12 | However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday . |
| 13 | She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking . |
| 14 | For she had in some fashion , through her perceptive and precognitive powers — which in many ways she shared with Shelley — received Frankenstein 's story from the thin air , as far as I could determine . |
| 15 | She had simply , and thoughtlessly , intended to kill what she had in any case thought of as an insincere proposal . |