Example sentences of "[adv] she 'd [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only she 'd been able to ask him why , perhaps it would have been more bearable . |
| 2 | I want to find out how long she 'd been there . ’ |
| 3 | She did n't know how long she 'd been lying there . |
| 4 | He looked at his watch , wondering how long she 'd been away . |
| 5 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 6 | Perhaps she 'd been a little in love with him , or at least his image . |
| 7 | Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room . |
| 8 | Every now and again — or so she 'd been told — the owners would call in the books . |
| 9 | So she 'd been out all day to this cousin 's at Blakely She goes on a Monday now . |
| 10 | Luce froze , realising how easily she 'd been lulled into a false sense of security . |
| 11 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 12 | I did n't even notice that , but I did notice her across the road at Mrs and know so right she 'd been there I just did n't notice where she went , but I heard the bell ring and I could see this anorak through there and me mind thought Mrs , perhaps it 's Mrs but then when I saw this this lady well I just did n't know what to think really . |
| 13 | ‘ Ardent ? ’ he asked helpfully , and it was n't much later that Hilary realised how skilfully she 'd been diverted . |
| 14 | but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ? |
| 15 | Only two weeks later she 'd been on her way to Little Kirkton . |
| 16 | A long time ago , she 'd learned just how dear she 'd been to Ewan Famber : an experiment . |
| 17 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 18 | Till now she 'd been able to cope , after a fashion ; even going dumb with terror had been a way of coping . |
| 19 | Now she 'd been careless . |
| 20 | And until now she 'd been naïvely pleased with the result . |
| 21 | Well she 'd been waiting because he 's on full time again now |
| 22 | Until a moment ago she 'd been ravenously hungry , but now she was certain the salad would be dust and ashes in her mouth . |
| 23 | Earlier today she 'd been jealous because he 'd smiled at the three women in a way he 'd never smiled at her . |
| 24 | Maybe she 'd been doing a lot of thinking . |
| 25 | But maybe she 'd been wrong to accept this job , wrong to come . |
| 26 | Maybe she 'd been too ready to believe it was the real thing ? |
| 27 | It took her a week to make , that dress , she 'd made it specially for the dance at the police cadets ’ college , and then she 'd been so shy she 'd spent most of the evening in the Ladies . |
| 28 | Shannon had never been able to believe that ; as a child she 'd seen a photograph of her father , and even then she 'd been stunned to silence by his incredible good looks . |
| 29 | Rona was intensely practical in matters of charity , but then she 'd been brought up in a manse and was reading social studies . |
| 30 | And then I said , then she 'd been bought a a hundred pound of leg waxing machine . |