Example sentences of "she [vb mod] have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake . |
| 2 | And he waited , and then he heard one word come back , spoken in a whisper , she must have been close to sleep . |
| 3 | Once , she supposed , she must have been impressed by formal evening wear on good male bodies , but now it annoyed her . |
| 4 | Rudyard Kipling said of her : ‘ Being human , she must have been afraid of something , but one never found out what it was . ’ |
| 5 | I can sense her relief , she must have been afraid of an emotional scene . |
| 6 | No doubt she should have been alarmed at this thought but she remained excited by it . |
| 7 | The scales had fallen from her eyes and she saw all too clearly what perhaps she should have been aware of earlier . |
| 8 | She might have been daft in some ways , but she knew what was in and what was out , did Mary M. She knew the right clubs to go to . |
| 9 | It is understood that Mr Major wanted her to be prisons minister , and there was speculation last night that she might have been reluctant to be back in harness with Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Home Secretary , who was her boss at the Health Department during the eggs affair . |
| 10 | She might have been alone in the world . |
| 11 | For a minute she had believed she might have been responsible for the change in his life , but it was n't her but Maria Luisa . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , she might have been angry with him , ’ Adele chattered on , ‘ but he 's not the sort of man one can ignore , is he ? |
| 13 | She could have been alone with in dark shadow in her breast , nourishing it quietly and secretly . |
| 14 | Standing in his arms , in the warm fairy-lit darkness of the woods , with music and laughter and festa revelry all around them , she could have been alone in the world , Roman the only other human being . |
| 15 | Of all the people she could have been stuck with at a time like this ! |
| 16 | She 'd have been delighted with a cornfield and a few startled crows . |
| 17 | She 'd have been glad of someone to chat to . |
| 18 | She 'd have been stuck in some noisy complex in Pollensa and then had to drive back to Palma to do his share of the work . |
| 19 | Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong ! |
| 20 | She would have been close to Alain . |
| 21 | And Sarah Morey would tell her that it did n't matter , though on any other day she would have been irritable at the delay . |
| 22 | I am sorry Ma has missed this , she would have been proud of me . |
| 23 | ‘ Once upon a time she would have been jealous about the constant reference to Charles and Camilla but no longer . |
| 24 | If you already have your own company sick pay scheme , it must pay the employee at least what he or she would have been entitled to on SSP . |
| 25 | If she made a genuine offer to return which he rejected , she would have been entitled to maintenance from him . |
| 26 | As a gardener 's daughter she would have been accustomed to muddy boots and black finger-nails . |
| 27 | If he had spoken of forgiving , or pitying , or even loving , she would have been ready for him , but to be needed was something she had not looked for . |
| 28 | A week ago she would have been full of indignation at the thought of losing her accommodation . |
| 29 | His face was so unguarded that if she had not loved him as much she would have been afraid for him . |
| 30 | She would have been eligible for and would have got local authority accommodation . |