Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 3 | I imagined she 'd been knifed , violated . |
| 4 | Jahsaxa flinched with annoyance when she realised she 'd been connected with the Roirbak answering machine again . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | She could find nothing to say , and as she sat avoiding his eyes she realised she 'd been a fool . |
| 9 | Though , on reflection , she realised she 'd been silly to think that . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was only then she realised she 'd been holding her breath . |
| 12 | Maggie realized she 'd been in the wrong . |
| 13 | I soon realized she 'd been raped — no need to go into the details . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 16 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Her words sliced through Shannon like burning arrows , but only a faint staining of her cheeks showed she 'd been affected in the slightest . |
| 19 | A post-mortem examination at the time showed she 'd been hit on the head with a blunt instrument . |
| 20 | She discovered she 'd been sleeping on her back . |
| 21 | Robert Brown was suspended as head of the lower school at Pates Grammar in Cheltenham last year after the girl alleged she 'd been indecently assaulted . |
| 22 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 23 | Meik saw she 'd been foolish to come . |
| 24 | She apologised of course ; I gathered she 'd been talking quilts with a fellow enthusiast and had forgotten the time . |
| 25 | Rachel suddenly felt she 'd been through an emotional wringer . |
| 26 | She knew she 'd been right not to trust him , guessed she had lost his support and did the only thing possible — tore at the bread with her teeth , one bite , two … three — stuffing her mouth till the bread protruded and she could hardly chew . |
| 27 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 28 | And then I , and I made this bit of a faux pas , I says , oh you must have got a very good rate , cos I knew she 'd been retired years and years , you see . |
| 29 | The soles of her feet and the then they knew she 'd been up on her feet you know . |
| 30 | Yet though she knew she 'd been a fool and totally lacking in self-control , still tangled in the sensual web he 'd spun so effortlessly , she could n't regret it . |