Example sentences of "[noun] she 'd been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone stopped where they were and stared as she pointed dramatically at a dark green house plant which stood on some kind of plinth behind the seat she 'd been allocated . |
| 2 | ‘ Yup , ’ she 'd said , shifting down to fourth as a car she 'd been waiting to pass pulled back into the slow lane . |
| 3 | Bernice quickly unrolled the bundle she 'd been carrying beneath her arm and thrust Ace 's blood-soaked jacket into the Doctor 's hands . |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ If Sabine Jourdain planned to reveal how much of Durance 's work she 'd been doing for him , a lot of people would have preferred she did n't . ’ |
| 5 | The kind of betrayal she 'd been believing him guilty of was mean , petty-minded , and he was none of those things . |
| 6 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 7 | In her days as a schoolteacher she 'd been known for the quickness of her wit and her clarity of thought . |
| 8 | Following the directions she 'd been sent , Luce reached Calle Nerone in about fifteen minutes . |
| 9 | Following the directions she 'd been given , Shannon came to the theatre stage door a few minutes later . |
| 10 | He had left suddenly while Rachel had been on leave and on her return she 'd been told that another officer had been appointed but she 'd had no time to find out anything about him . |
| 11 | Ace asked in a tone that betrayed the worry she 'd been trying to hide . |
| 12 | Picking up the internal telephone , she buzzed Stephanie , abruptly coming to a decision she 'd been wrestling with for a couple of days , one she considered to be eminently sensible and practical … |
| 13 | Pulling a little face , she carefully folded the tea-towel she 'd been using and laid it on the work surface . |
| 14 | For a moment she 'd been tempted to tell him what Celia had said . |
| 15 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
| 16 | He 'd thought she was something special from the moment she 'd been brought in . |
| 17 | The same Rory she 'd been talking to just before he and his wife Harriet died . |
| 18 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 19 | Despite the lecture she 'd been reading herself , excitement had put colour in her cheeks and made her clear golden-brown eyes sparkle . |
| 20 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 21 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 22 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 23 | Ever since Dad 's death , she 'd been reading letters from her mother singing Romano 's praises , and detailing the dangerous sports she 'd been encouraged to take up by the wretched man … |
| 24 | Used to creating and presenting ideas to a wide variety of clients , she 'd grown proud of her capacity to keep her head under pressure , yet from the moment she 'd crossed the threshold of this impressive room she 'd been put at a distinct disadvantage . |
| 25 | Jahsaxa swept into the tasteful reception room she 'd been keeping Roirbak and Tammuz waiting in for over half an hour . |
| 26 | Miranda taller , with her bushy hair and colouring that the Italians whose paintings she 'd been looking at in the Louvre rendered by priming the canvas with a copper-based green paint , creating a complexion that draws light in rather than gives it out ; Xanthe beside her with her candy radiance of pink and gold , and rounder too , more neatly assembled , wrist to hand , neck to shoulders , ankle to foot . |
| 27 | But thinking about Guido and the race were two things she 'd been trying very hard not to do . |
| 28 | After the things she 'd been thinking , his touch would probably make her burst into flames . |
| 29 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 30 | Ten minutes later , dressed in a pair of grey trousers and the same red jacket she 'd been wearing yesterday , she was turning into the hotel car park , slotting her Mini quickly into one of the spaces , then striding resolutely towards the hotel 's main entrance . |