Example sentences of "that she 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 2 | He went on a while about the various tests but where he came out was that she 'd been dead for at least five days , and seven was perfectly possible . |
| 3 | It was probably a mercy that she 'd been sick . |
| 4 | I honestly thought she loved me so much that she 'd been prepared to get herself pregnant to trick me into marriage . |
| 5 | She told me when we were staying there that she 'd been trying to conceive ever since her wedding . ’ |
| 6 | I felt that her character had been revealed and , what was more , that she 'd been using me . |
| 7 | She had n't realized until she was bumping along the road away from the dock that she 'd been shaking like an aspen leaf . |
| 8 | He sat her down on his knee and kissed her , waking all the wicked senses that she 'd been taught to suppress all her life . |
| 9 | Then a week later my wife told me that she 'd been abused by her brother . |
| 10 | The girl gave a tight grin , amused that she 'd been right . |
| 11 | Dawson was aware that she 'd been combating a bout of ill-temper since he 'd arrived . |
| 12 | He 'd been no more than another face around the yard on the two or three occasions that she 'd been by , no reason that he should have made any lasting impression on her at all . |
| 13 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
| 14 | Belov chatted easily , although his real talent lay in persuading her to talk without her realising that she 'd been persuaded . |
| 15 | Her early education had been poor because of the misconception amongst her teachers that language ability and intelligence were somehow different facts of a single concept , and it was only in later life , with the help of her husband , that she 'd been able to make up on the intellectual deprivation of those early years . |
| 16 | I needed to have her support , so when people said they did n't like it , I could say that she 'd been happy . |
| 17 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 18 | She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . |
| 19 | Certainly Joanne Menzies appeared not to recognize him , although he 'd rather regretted choosing the character of Detective-Sergeant McWhirter of Scotland Yard when she revealed that she 'd been brought up near the Kyles of Bute . |
| 20 | ‘ It was in the paper that she 'd been taken from the harbour . |
| 21 | The little that she 'd been able to piece together was that Pamela was a barrister , that the house did , as Lucy had suspected , belong to her , and that she and Josie had been together for at least five years and probably longer . |
| 22 | She glanced up at the ceiling once , as if in appreciation of the solution to a tough puzzle that she 'd been unable to crack without help ; the tile was still stuck in the open position , and Charlie was in no state to clamber up there and fix it . |
| 23 | The handkerchief that she 'd been twisting and untwisting at our first interview came out again , this time to her eyes . |
| 24 | In all the months that she 'd been going out with Adrian , he 'd never once asked to talk to her like that , in that special way , during school time . |
| 25 | Miss Malabedeely had been kneeling by a chair , praying , and Kate had thought immediately that she 'd been asking God to stop Miss Shaw and Miss Rist being so unpleasant to her . |
| 26 | ‘ But then we heard that she 'd been killed . ’ |
| 27 | The shriek that went up as she sank back on to a wicker sofa drumming her heels on the ground and yelling and shouting that she wished he were dead , and that she 'd been dishonoured , made him quite alarmed . |
| 28 | Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours . |
| 29 | The struggle to understand everything showed clearly on her face , and slowly , surely , she found a ray of hope in the mess , something to compensate for the painful discovery that she 'd been ignorant of her own roots . |
| 30 | It was not necessary for him to know that she 'd been a widow for years . |