Example sentences of "[conj] she had be [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 It was just that she had been too much in love at the time to see it .
2 It could only be about eight o'clock — her old-fashioned watch , unwound this morning , had stopped — but she felt as if she had been up all night , working to meet an insane deadline .
3 But after that seemingly unpropitious start , Topaz settled into the routine at Yelton as if she had been there all her life .
4 Long ago , Miranda had realized that sexual involvement with Adam could only complicate her life , but she had been only half awake and off guard when he made his move .
5 She was certain MacQuillan had not gone to the bar because she had been there all the time until then .
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