Example sentences of "[verb] she 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wendy Almon went to pick up two-year-old Eva , but found she 'd been abducted |
| 2 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 3 | Police say she 'd been strangled . |
| 4 | Yeah , well what I think he , I think he will emulsion over it cos I mean the ceiling 's a bit , as you say she 'd been a smoker |
| 5 | By the time Chloe was rescued she 'd been horribly burned . |
| 6 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 7 | But the prosecution says she 'd been badly beaten around the head before she died . |
| 8 | I imagined she 'd been knifed , violated . |
| 9 | But he should have realised she 'd been carried away by the atmosphere , and the unexpected potency of the aquavit . |
| 10 | She let out the breath she had n't even realised she 'd been holding . |
| 11 | You 'd think she 'd been doing it all her life . |
| 12 | Jahsaxa flinched with annoyance when she realised she 'd been connected with the Roirbak answering machine again . |
| 13 | Lord C had said she 'd borne them with stoicism , but looking back she realised she 'd been disappointed not to receive the whole dozen . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was only then , when her heart leaped alarmingly and her pulse quickened in immediate response , that she realised she 'd been half expecting he would n't keep the date . |
| 16 | She could find nothing to say , and as she sat avoiding his eyes she realised she 'd been a fool . |
| 17 | Though , on reflection , she realised she 'd been silly to think that . |
| 18 | Virginia realised she 'd been gripping the steering-wheel unnecessarily tightly and consciously relaxed , forcing a laugh and wincing as the vibration worsened her headache . |
| 19 | It was only then she realised she 'd been holding her breath . |
| 20 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 21 | Maggie realized she 'd been in the wrong . |
| 22 | I soon realized she 'd been raped — no need to go into the details . |
| 23 | Her heart seemed to go climbing up inside her chest , but it was n't till Jake 's hand clamped over her mouth again that she realized she 'd been about to scream . |
| 24 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 25 | Realising she 'd been dismissed , Kate did as she was bidden , but there was a thoughtful look on her face as she took in Dara 's furious expression and Ace 's non-committal one . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Yet for as long as she could remember she 'd been instructed to do so . |
| 28 | She could see she 'd been impetuous . |
| 29 | She said yeah I 'll be alright , but I could see she 'd been crying earlier on in the evening , she said you always feel as if you 're |
| 30 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |