Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] been [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd just been visiting a widow of an old army friend of Yury 's , who had a bad attack of flu . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For another it was learning French at evening classes when she had always been considered a complete duffer at languages . |