Example sentences of "for she had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Miss Watson , of course , really was her better , for she had been a headmistress before this , and had taught in town schools , so large and magnificent that naturally she was much wiser and more experienced . |
| 2 | Betty Bell was the chief informant about Harold Shoosmith for she had been engaged for three mornings and three evenings a week . |
| 3 | She looked at him before going on , for she had been going to say , ‘ beat you up , ’ but she could n't imagine anyone attempting to beat this young fellow up . |
| 4 | She checked herself , for she had been going to say : ‘ When you and Jack were married . ’ |
| 5 | For she had been wearing this dress the night she had first glimpsed the truth about her sister , a truth that was as unpalatable now as it had been then . |
| 6 | Harper 's own wife would need more than a few such compliments when he reached home , for she had been adamantly opposed to her husband travelling to Brussels . |
| 7 | It was this lack of division that most effectively concealed from Clara the basic , classic structure of the building , for she had been brought up with the notion that walls must be above eye-level , lace curtains impenetrable , bedrooms facing discreetly into the void . |
| 8 | He would have to be very careful how he handled his bride , for she had been injured enough . |
| 9 | She clung to the picture of Mrs Rundle at home , for she had been a part of her home and the children had moored for a short while in the black harbour of her lap . |
| 10 | Nor was this surprising , for she had been born on the shortest day of the year , which is the sun 's birthday also . |
| 11 | She reminded me of a wasp as she flitted round him , a wasp suddenly aware , in the way wasps have , that there is rotting matter in the vicinity , for she had been upstairs when he arrived by way of the garden and could n't have seen him . |
| 12 | ‘ She must 've gone away , ’ said Scarlet , gratified to hear of the dead plants and Barbs 's dereliction of duty , for she had been rather hurt not to be asked to mind Eliot . |
| 13 | Theda had been unable to exchange more than a few words with him , for she had been — on Araminta 's orders — busily engaged in packing up all Lady Merchiston 's things into trunks to be stored in the attics , and cleaning out her bedchamber . |
| 14 | For she had been so sure that , once he had turned the matter over in a cooler frame of mind , he would recognise and acknowledge her innocence . |
| 15 | David had been right when he 'd said that Rachel knew the whereabouts of Brooklands , for she had been there with her parents and her sister shortly after David and Jennifer 's engagement had been announced . |
| 16 | Scott presided over his own elegant display of stamps and postcards ; while Christine probably had the most vital role of any that morning , for she had been asked to look after Vanity Fair , the visitors from London , and the sealed bids . |