Example sentences of "she had be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She had been asked for twelve and it was now half past eleven , which would give her time for a pleasant comfortable drive to Carpendens Court .
2 The woman did not return to complete the divorce , although she had been separated for three years .
3 Checking through her notes , the doctor saw that she had been treated for vaginal thrush on several occasions .
4 She had been paralysed for thirty years .
5 Betty Bell was the chief informant about Harold Shoosmith for she had been engaged for three mornings and three evenings a week .
6 She had been jailed for seven days .
7 She had been widowed for five months , very nearly .
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