Example sentences of "[subord] she 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 2 | ‘ Have you any idea where she 'd been before she phoned ? ’ |
| 3 | He 'd asked her to wait for him , and although she 'd been too angry at the time to say that she would , she had nevertheless avoided marriage to anyone else despite the many proposals she 'd had . |
| 4 | Although she 'd been enchanted by the boisterous reunions , her attention was immediately arrested by the man 's striking colouring . |
| 5 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 6 | However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks . |
| 7 | Yet Jezrael knew he 'd been one of them for longer than she 'd been on Mars . |
| 8 | Was she really more ill than she 'd been led to suppose ? |
| 9 | She had no wish to hurt Anna and besides , how could she complain when the truth was that she was happier here at the palazzo than she 'd been in a long time ? |
| 10 | R R Ricky er Richie er longer than she 'd been with any you know , boy that she got on with |
| 11 | All right , so she 'd been a bit odd since Ryan had left . |
| 12 | All right , so she 'd been a misery and hermit-like — was n't she entitled to be ? |
| 13 | Wishing desperately that she were able to defend her grandfather , but knowing that to explain would only cause more trouble until she 'd been able to speak with his mother , and fervently wishing she had locked her door when she 'd come up to bed , Ellie said tiredly , ‘ I do n't know why . |
| 14 | all of them so when her class came up , cos she 'd been with the class right from nursery and when she put into this you know , with the double third year , cos they go upstairs for third and fourth year and they really do classes below she did n't know anything in the class ! |
| 15 | Cos she 'd been wanting to do Aladdin for a couple of years but it was on at The Playhouse |
| 16 | Yeah and I said to her erm , and she said I do n't know how it came out about her son in the fire service , oh I know she 'd just come back from Orlando , cos she 'd been off work having had a hysterectomy and she had three week 's leave due to her |
| 17 | It looked like she 'd been Christmas shopping . |
| 18 | as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing . |
| 19 | ‘ If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later . |
| 20 | Jane reflected that if she 'd been enormous , with masses of stomach and bust up front , Lajos might have thought twice about bashing her . |
| 21 | If she 'd been more of a woman , he believed , she would have meekly accepted his word and left it at that . |
| 22 | Zambia felt as if SHe 'd been punched in the gut . |
| 23 | If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it . |
| 24 | She fled home on the underground , scolding herself for being such a coward , it could all be over now if she 'd been sensible . |
| 25 | But even if she 'd been fully clothed the chance of escape was gone before it arrived . |
| 26 | If she 'd been on 4AD , she 'd be given the same amount of attention as the Muses , Pixies or Breeders . |
| 27 | As I watched her I thought Granny would have been proud if she 'd been alive to see Mary now . |
| 28 | Dad did n't object to him nosing around but I wondered what Mum would have said if she 'd been home ; she was out cleaning at the fish shop . |
| 29 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 30 | His hands slid from her breasts as if she 'd been greased . |