Example sentences of "[that] she 'd [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate had been so taken up with her own affairs that she 'd rather forgotten Ace 's part in the drama . |
| 2 | Kate had been so busy looking around the room that she 'd rather forgotten why they had entered it in the first place . |
| 3 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 4 | She was blonde and doll-faced , but her blue eyes gave the impression that she 'd just about seen everything , and rather more than was healthy for so short a life . |
| 5 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 6 | She 'd probably looked around the flat and compared it with the two shabby and incomplete rooms that she 'd just left , and the first foundations of the barrier would have been laid . |
| 7 | In the end I went to the police and found that she 'd just reported that he was missing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why ? ’ she demanded , finally deciding that she 'd just been insulted . |
| 9 | But now she admitted that she 'd simply been unaffected by them . |
| 10 | In fact the prospect of hosting a dinner party was so fraught with terrors that she 'd probably started to get drunk for it the night before . |
| 11 | The fact that she 'd already told the police did n't matter . |
| 12 | For a moment she could n't think what he meant , then she remembered with dismay that she 'd already asked him to join her and Elaine and a few of the island friends they 'd made on the new power-boat Stephen had treated them to as the hotel neared completion . |
| 13 | The ‘ or else ’ was a possibility that she 'd already considered and decided to embrace , if it came . |
| 14 | In some ways Donaldson realised that it was he that was actually doing all the learning-Bobo was using a vocabulary that she 'd already acquired , whilst he was struggling to adapt himself to it . |
| 15 | But , as she trailed after him into their own bedroom , leaning against the door while he quickly packed his case , she realised that she 'd already lost him . |
| 16 | Once again the tenuous thought that she 'd previously failed to grasp hovered like a wraith on the verge of her consciousness . |
| 17 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 18 | She was still feeling somewhat shaken an hour later — she was going to Prague — and with Ven ! — when suddenly she realised that she 'd barely moved since that phone call . |
| 19 | Was he worried that she 'd finally found her proof that he was hand in glove with Harry Martin ? |
| 20 | With a start of shame she realised that she 'd scarcely paid her sister a moment 's thought since entering the gardens . |
| 21 | She moved back a step , after discovering that she 'd unknowingly moved closer to him than was socially acceptable . |
| 22 | She had a fine , strong man , power that she 'd never had before , respect and position as Lady of Duart . |
| 23 | The miracle , if that is what it had been , was something that she 'd never discussed with anyone . |
| 24 | Most of the food was of a kind that she 'd never seen in the shops ; there was no wine or beer , but Belov had a hip-flask of vodka . |
| 25 | Which in itself was no lie , but it just so happened that she 'd never been allowed to join the other children in such frivolous pastimes , she reflected with a touch of resentment . |
| 26 | She walked out of the door , grateful that her marriage had brought her perhaps one thing of value , and that was freedom at last from her belief that she 'd never been loved . |
| 27 | She had said she loved him , once , and it had chilled him , so clearly that she 'd never mentioned it again . |
| 28 | I thought it a bit off that she 'd never asked how I 'd got her pendant back . |
| 29 | It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ? |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose her memory 's a bit faulty , ’ Irene commented on the old lady 's assertion that she 'd never seen Elaine . |