Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whenever she 'd been free to emigrate , she 'd fallen in love and put it out of the question . |
| 2 | That was how she 'd been , back then . |
| 3 | I did n't realise why she 'd been away , but when she returned I soon found out . |
| 4 | But from those earliest days , she had n't believed in the Church at all ; not one scrap , not one iota , and this was why she 'd been so surprised to discover herself in such a place only the previous morning . |
| 5 | A little overwhelmed by the extent of his authority , she understood why she 'd been drawn to him . |
| 6 | She was n't even sure why she 'd been so reluctant to come into contact with him . |
| 7 | Maybe that was why she 'd been so uncharacteristically antagonistic to him all along , she realised now . |
| 8 | Though why she 'd been trying to do that , heaven only knew . |
| 9 | All of which made it impossible to explain exactly why she 'd been so upset to find , after arriving , tired and exhausted , at the large house in Lowndes Square , that she was going to see even less of Ross than she had in New York ? |
| 10 | She remembered things from when she 'd been to school before . |
| 11 | Furthermore , she was n't too keen on having to shop and prepare three meals a day when she 'd been so organised before , and had done the minimum of cooking . |
| 12 | He 'd travelled half round the world , seen and done things she could only guess at , while she 'd never been further than Kingswood when she 'd been taken to be viewed as apprentice to a nailmaker . |
| 13 | ‘ I brought in the Readers ' Digests , ’ she muttered , unable to apply the brakes when she 'd been on such a powerful roll . |
| 14 | Well , in t e old days , two years ago , when she 'd been his Gemma , she 'd have had no choice but to pack her trunks and live under the roof he provided , wherever he chose to provide it . |
| 15 | She 'd even felt the odd pang of nostalgia for the old days when she 'd been a young wet-behind-the-ears singer , just beginning to make her way up the ladder . |
| 16 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |
| 17 | Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce . |
| 18 | But for Mum the Second World War was still present in our streets , the streets where she 'd been brought up . |
| 19 | He watched her until she left the window , then he watched the window where she 'd been , but he wearied of that finally , and of the chill in his feet . |
| 20 | Miss Evans moved from the sink where she 'd been all this time , standing quite still , and started to clear the plates from the table . |
| 21 | He asked her about the place so much like the valley , the place where she 'd been born . |
| 22 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 23 | She could n't remember where she 'd been going at the time . |
| 24 | She was sitting calmly in bed like that 's where she 'd been all the time . |
| 25 | She 'd set off at 2pm from TV-am , where she 'd been working since 8am on The Wide Awake Club . |
| 26 | God knows where she 'd been last night . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Did n't she say where she 'd been working ? |
| 28 | If she could only remember where she 'd been and how much she 's enjoying it while she 's actually doing it . |
| 29 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 30 | She gradually brought herself back from wherever she 'd been . |