Example sentences of "[verb] she [vb past] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it explained the numbers that did n't add up — though not why Brigitte Schickert was shown on her certificate as having died in Dornhausen when everybody seemed to know she had been taken to hospital . |
| 2 | They believed she had been murdered by the Grantley Ripper although as yet no body had turned up . |
| 3 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 4 | Pc Court had threatened to take the force to an industrial tribunal last year alleging sexual discrimination in a case supported by the Police Federation , but Mr Newing agreed she had been disadvantaged after the arbitration service ACAS was brought in . |
| 5 | Jahsaxa flinched with annoyance when she realised she 'd been connected with the Roirbak answering machine again . |
| 6 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 7 | He 's going to be ages , thought Juliet desperately , suddenly realising she 'd been standing with her hands clenched together , and her eyes screwed tightly as if to hear better . |
| 8 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 9 | A JUDGE was forced to scrap a lengthy criminal trial after a woman juror claimed she had been threatened with the sack . |
| 10 | She had a skullcracker of a headache , and guessed she 'd been opened in several places by knifecuts , branded in others by dollops of fire . |
| 11 | The sergeant saw her eyes were dim with sadness and he guessed she had been thinking about her former husband . |
| 12 | He guessed she had been named after Lady Irene Nevil 's daughter in Wrenwood . |
| 13 | He rang police to say she was missing — and was told she had been killed under the wheels of a tractor . |
| 14 | A post-mortem examination at the time showed she 'd been hit on the head with a blunt instrument . |
| 15 | Her words sliced through Shannon like burning arrows , but only a faint staining of her cheeks showed she 'd been affected in the slightest . |
| 16 | She discovered she 'd been sleeping on her back . |
| 17 | Tony Nelson , defending , told Wirral magistrates David Roger Powney panicked when he heard she had been rushed to hospital . |
| 18 | Her family heard she had been taken to the Regional Command Military camp in Legaspi City . |
| 19 | Ms Jackson , a sales representative , alleged she had been assaulted by a man after a motoring incident on the A74 southbound carriageway . |
| 20 | COPREFA later retracted this statement , recognized she was a human rights worker and decided she had been caught in the cross-fire when she died . |
| 21 | A lady phoned in saying she 'd been sitting in a café when some animal rights campaigners carrying collection tins arrived and ordered a meal . |
| 22 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 23 | Suitably armed , the Princess felt confident enough to write a long and detailed rejoinder to her irate father-in-law which effectively spelled out the way she felt she had been treated by husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 24 | It prompted Diana to speak to a lawyer and write to her father-in-law spelling out the way she felt she had been treated by her husband , the Royal Family and their courtiers . |
| 25 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 26 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 27 | She knew she had been dismissed from Algox because she had not been up for grabs . |
| 28 | But Navratilova knew she had been outplayed by Sukova , a player she had beaten in 25 of 29 earlier meetings . |
| 29 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 30 | She caught her breath , a strange little movement in her face betraying the fact that she thought she had been tricked by him . |