Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] [be] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits .
2 She 'd just been visiting a widow of an old army friend of Yury 's , who had a bad attack of flu .
3 She had already been given an operation for biliary atresia which is designed to unblock or bypass the blockage leaving scar tissue which is more likely to bleed .
4 Instead , having been assured that Rick no longer had any violent feelings towards her , she earnestly pleaded that she had long been awaiting an opportunity to return it in person and apologise for causing so much distress .
5 It had all gone on Papa 's account , as Paul had brought the fact to her notice that she had never been paid a penny for all her years of work .
6 For another it was learning French at evening classes when she had always been considered a complete duffer at languages .
7 Yeah , she 's only been driving a year , two years .
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