Example sentences of "that she have been [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when the results came through and the babies were exchanged in a dramatic midnight meeting , Marie found it difficult to believe that she had been nursing the wrong child . |
| 2 | She was so pleased to learn that Barbara Coleman was eager to talk to her again , and that she had been given the perfect reason for spending part of her day revelling in Chagall 's colour , that she smiled as she cut inland towards Maurin 's gallery . |
| 3 | Mrs de Crespigny ( ‘ Nora Champion de Crespigny is my full name ’ ) wrote to the effect that she had been passing the lounge at the time , and was a witness , if not to the actual assault , then to Mrs Wilikins 's evident distress . |
| 4 | ‘ A BOLT from the blue ’ is how Dounreay 's Myrtle Gillies described hearing of her ‘ thrilling ’ news that she had been awarded the MBE in The Queen 's birthday honours . |
| 5 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 6 | What happens if a customer complains that she has been given the wrong change ? |
| 7 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 8 | WACC 's President , Rev Randy L Naylor , and General Secretary , Rev Carlos A Valle , sent a congratulatory telegram to Rigoberta Menchu Tum following the announcement on 16 October that she has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace . |
| 9 | When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries . |