Example sentences of "if she had been [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when she said , ‘ I might need to , and then I 'd just walk out , ’ Agnes was round the table as if she had been shot there and , holding her sister by the shoulders , she cried at her , ‘ Do n't do that , Jessie ! |
| 2 | She looked as if she had been kissed thoroughly — her fair hair was tangled , her lips full and red , and even her own blushing made the point clearer . |
| 3 | She was as much a part of this murky landscape now as if she had been born here , every step of the way between Miss Gemma Dallam 's cloistered corner and her own — in spirit a universe apart — being so familiar to her that it seemed she had always known them , or had known them before , in another place , a dozen other places ; another life . |
| 4 | Yet Gemma had shown no more than a polite interest in Almsmead while Linnet , who was very dear but not Gemma , after all , had positively thrown herself into all the excitements of housebuilding and furnishing , taking to Far Flatley as if she had been born there . |
| 5 | She 'd automatically assumed that it was from Ryan , only of course it was n't , and if she had been thinking rationally before she would have known it could n't possibly have been from him . |
| 6 | Jessamy knew her words were cruel , but she felt as if she had been pushed very near to her limit . |
| 7 | It was as if she had been cordoned off from it . |
| 8 | She stripped it angrily off again , and put back the sweat shirt , and with it a feeling of appropriateness and even virtue , as if she had been tempted briefly by the forbidden . |
| 9 | She had risen from the couch and was awaiting his approach , her consternation evident as if she had been caught out in some misbehaviour . |
| 10 | When she had finished , her whole body throbbed , ached , was raw , as if she had been cutting up small pieces of herself . |
| 11 | At once it opened , as if she had been standing there waiting for the summons . |