Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv] been [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 She has also been painted this year by Howard Morgan , for Unilever .
2 When she had finally been rescued some two hours later it was discovered that the hem of her frock had been chewed away .
3 ‘ If she had n't been screaming all that nonsense at the top of her voice , it would never have happened .
4 But no , she had n't been wearing that dress , of course she had n't .
5 And then they had all hooted with laughter and teased him mercilessly when they 'd arrived , because she had n't been seen all evening and they knew he was deeply disappointed .
6 She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side .
7 She had not been receiving any fertility treatment and it was only after a routine scan that all was revealed .
8 Because she had been detached from it at the most traumatic moments , she had not been caused any distress but was well able to see how the combination of Daniel 's various experiences could have led to her phobia about water .
9 She had not been given any choice in the matter .
10 It turned out that our candidate , who came to address us one evening , knew my Aunt Kit and had the greatest admiration for her , even though he also knew that the only reason why she had not been offered another , safer constituency after 1945 was that it had become too obvious she was unable to keep off the drink .
11 It was as though she had secretly been waiting all evening for this moment , for this invitation to walk along the beach with him .
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