Example sentences of "[adv] she had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only she had been less direct in her approach , he might have managed something . |
| 2 | If only she had been a bit more accommodating , a bit more enthusiastic . |
| 3 | If only she had been able to evade her pursuer sooner . |
| 4 | Hitherto she had been so tied up in the day-to-day mechanics of the company that she was often forced to consider time for research as a luxury . |
| 5 | How long she had been there , we could not be sure , for if she sat with head and tail aligned along the wall , she was invisible from below , and only when she turned sideways did she come into view . |
| 6 | She forgot who she was , how long she had been here . |
| 7 | He wondered how she had come there , and how long she had been there , and what her voice would be like , and a thousand other ridiculous things , whilst she breathed in and out , ruffling the gold threads of hair . |
| 8 | Her head was clearing and she wondered how long she had been unconscious . |
| 9 | However long she had been there , the whole stretch was a dingy aching trail of work and beatings . |
| 10 | She was not sure how long she had been there , or how long she might have remained , had she not been disturbed . |
| 11 | She had no idea how long she had been there when a movement in the undergrowth made her look up . |
| 12 | Huy wondered how long she had been in the capital , and how she had got there . |
| 13 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 14 | Ruth was n't even sure how long she had been back in Palma . |
| 15 | Perhaps she had been foolish to remain here , eating a poached egg and spinach off a tray . |
| 16 | Perhaps she had been taking too little care , or perhaps it was the strain of the bereavement coming out in physical symptoms . |
| 17 | Perhaps she had been too old for parenthood , and then it was very sad for a girl to lose her father in her teens . |
| 18 | I had always seen myself as potentially a sort of protector of her ; and for the first time , that evening at Bourani , I saw that perhaps she had been , or could have been , a protector of me . |
| 19 | But then the moon slid behind a cloud and the images vanished and Fenella thought that perhaps she had been mistaken . |
| 20 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 21 | Or perhaps she had been in too much of a hurry to change . |
| 22 | Perhaps she had been sleep-walking , and had not been responsible . |
| 23 | Perhaps she had been dropped onto his path on purpose . |
| 24 | At a corner table , with her back turned towards them , sat a woman in black , apparently doing some accounts , and surrounded by dusty furniture ; perhaps she had been cruelly deserted on her wedding day , and had sat there ever since , refusing to have anything touched . |
| 25 | Perhaps she had been abroad , to Africa or something . |
| 26 | She could n't help thinking that perhaps she had been the cause of his bad mood . |
| 27 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 28 | She was not , however , the common harpy for which the landlady had taken her ! she reflected angrily , stepping hastily into the garret room which was all she had been able to afford . |
| 29 | As soon as Honor was old enough she had been dragooned into helping with the housework , preparing meals if cook were ill , as well as acting as her mother 's companion . |
| 30 | So she had been asking after him . |