Example sentences of "she had been make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the end of the 1890s , although her work had long been recognized and she had been made a founder-councillor of the London county council in 1899 , Emma Cons was approaching a breakdown caused by overwork , not only at the theatre but in all her other housing and philanthropic efforts ( she was also vice-president of the London Society for Women 's Suffrage , an executive member of the Women 's Liberal Foundations , and a founder of the Women 's Horticultural College at Swanley ) . |
| 2 | Even now that she had been made a director of the firm , Laura was well aware that it did n't mean that she had a job for life . |
| 3 | ‘ It is n't every man who approves of women having ambition , ’ Ashley remarked a touch cryptically — for when she had been made a director several of her male colleagues had found it very hard to handle . |
| 4 | ‘ She had been making a noise last season and was Hobdayed during the winter . |
| 5 | She had been making a cup of coffee and was leaning over a lit ring on the gas cooker to put the kettle on . |