Example sentences of "she [vb past] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 2 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 3 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |
| 4 | She dreaded being called a learned lady : her mother said that ‘ she was a living library ; but locked up , except to a chosen few . ’ |
| 5 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
| 6 | She had been wearing a light cotton shirt with a dark blue skirt . |
| 7 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 8 | Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors . |
| 9 | She had been given a plain black dress with a crisp white apron and a mob-cap . |
| 10 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 11 | She had been called a despicable woman , a scarlet creature , a hussy , a jessy , and on the occasions when her father had taken drink , much worse . |
| 12 | Her earlier fears had faded and she thought how foolish she had been to let a ridiculous fancy disturb her happiness . |
| 13 | I was sure she had been holding a small phial with the letters ‘ SUL ’ written on it . |
| 14 | She had been expecting a small , dusty room filled with paintings draped in cloths that were thick with dust , where air would have a musty scent of old canvas and decay . |
| 15 | If she had been expecting an immediate outcry , she was sadly disappointed , but she was a determined young woman . |
| 16 | She is seen to suffer for what she did , and Mary , the other sister , likewise ‘ paid heavily ’ : let down by an Indian student with whom she had been having a long affair . |
| 17 | She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo 's husband Joey , 36 . |
| 18 | She had been having a little innocent fun . |
| 19 | True to the word , she had been adding a full bottle to her small garden pond on a weekly basis , for the past month . |
| 20 | She had been rehearsing a new song on the way to the Ritz , but did n't know who wrote it . |
| 21 | Deep inside her had been awakened a nameless , primitive fear that at first had ached away in the background , but slowly had grown more evident , more pronounced , like a stared-at , half-perceived figure in the shadowy corner of a bedroom . |