Example sentences of "[Wh det] she 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 2 | It was as if her mind had split into two separate portions , Gina thought as with one part of it she listened attentively to the technical explanations and absorbed the aesthetic appearance of the system with approving eyes , her creative instincts stimulated with the challenge with which she 'd been bestowed . |
| 3 | Not easy for us , was what she 'd been warning me , being so near and yet so far , so tantalizingly inaccessible to each other . |
| 4 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I did , ’ said Kelly , surprised that he had n't grasped what she 'd been saying . |
| 6 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 7 | It was three times what she 'd been expecting . |
| 8 | I said that this was what she 'd been proposing , dummkopf , but Stuart was n't having any of it . |
| 9 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
| 10 | She nodded , as if this was what she 'd been expecting , and then she took what was probably her first real look at her surroundings . |
| 11 | The police had been convinced it was a genuine accident that took his life ( and that of his mistress ) but after what she 'd been through , after what she had discovered , Donna could not believe that men willing to kill for the possession of a book had not taken the life of the man she 'd loved . |
| 12 | She 'd thought about going back to her room for a while , maybe find out from Josie what she 'd been caught up in the night before , but it would take her more than half an hour to walk . |
| 13 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 14 | His answering look told her he knew exactly what she 'd been thinking . |
| 15 | Her head was aching a bit too , but then that was not surprising perhaps after what she 'd been through this evening . |
| 16 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 17 | I saw what she 'd been smiling at . |
| 18 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |
| 19 | Luce followed his lead , not yet clear enough in her own mind to try and provide any answers , or confide what she 'd been thinking . |
| 20 | Her voice dried , and she stared at him blankly , unsure what she 'd been about to say . |
| 21 | Had he heard what she 'd been saying ? |
| 22 | She should have felt relief — was n't this what she 'd been longing to hear ? |
| 23 | So he did n't know what she 'd been up to . |