Example sentences of "she have [been] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it could be argued that she has been placed in a high turn-over establishment because she possesses an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 2 | But local mum Carol Lambird says she has been locked in a wrangle with Durham County Council for the last two years after her son Christopher was diagnosed as dyslexic . |
| 3 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 4 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 5 | The fact that Margaret had been illegitimate , a war baby conceived between an Italian prisoner of war and an English landgirl , had no bearing on her name , although probably quite a lot to do with Margaret 's lack of maternalism , since she 'd been reared in a children 's home . |
| 6 | She 'd been browsing in a bookshop after buying a bedtime book for Kirsty when she 'd suddenly caught sight of the clock on the wall and seen , to her horror , that it was nearly five o'clock . |
| 7 | She was in fact very thin but had this huge wire frame around her ’ It turned out that she 'd been coming in a couple of times a week , stealing hundreds of pounds worth of clothes , hanging them on her frame then walking out . |
| 8 | A lady phoned in saying she 'd been sitting in a café when some animal rights campaigners carrying collection tins arrived and ordered a meal . |
| 9 | She looked back at him and smiled gently , and he saw that she had been writing in a workman-like leather-bound notebook . |
| 10 | ‘ She said she had been locked in a flat in Moston for about a week and had been injected with drugs during that time . |
| 11 | This time there was no mistaking the command , but , short of trying out one of the manoeuvres she had been learning in a regular martial arts class , there was n't much she could do about it . |
| 12 | She had been living in a hostel for women in North London for the past year and was waiting to be re-housed . |
| 13 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 14 | Shelley was beginning to see that she had been put in a very special place of importance in Miguel 's confidence . |
| 15 | The last time she had been to the office she had been confined in a poky little interview room near the editor 's office , but she hoped to avoid that fate this time . |
| 16 | And they give a , though she 's not being like , really cheeky , it 's because she 's been living in a culture for four years , where that 's the way they , they sell and buy . |