Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] she 'd been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course she 'd been wrong not to telephone Mrs Trotter . |
| 2 | The kind of betrayal she 'd been believing him guilty of was mean , petty-minded , and he was none of those things . |
| 3 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 4 | ‘ Who told you that ? ’ she asked , her voice cracked and full of breath she 'd been too shocked to exhale . |
| 5 | What kind of incident she 'd been fearing she hardly liked to admit , even to herself . |
| 6 | She felt great , better rested than she 'd felt for weeks now , the little aches of fatigue she 'd been growing used to now all miraculously ironed out . |
| 7 | The flood of gratitude she felt at Guy 's surprise appearance was as illogically powerful as the tide of resentment she 'd been harbouring earlier . |
| 8 | The funny thing was that Uncle George had made no remark about the length of time she 'd been away . |
| 9 | Rella used to tell me stories , about places she 'd been , only sometimes I thought she meant herself and it turned out it was her mother she was talking about . |
| 10 | For years she 'd been so meek , so biddable to this man , and all for what ? |
| 11 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 12 | In fact she 'd been repeating them every mile or so . |
| 13 | On the few occasions she 'd spent holidays at home she 'd been a social outcast among her contemporaries . |