Example sentences of "[pron] she 'd be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 2 | That was a change from the senators and congressmen and captains of industry , whom she 'd been seducing since she arrived on these golden shores . |
| 3 | She 'd replaced the receiver instantly and refused to tell him who she 'd been speaking to , but then , as now , there was something challenging in her expression . |
| 4 | It was something she 'd been wondering about . |
| 5 | When she changed schools , however , the maths A level course was different from the one she 'd been following at her old school , but the new teacher expected her to catch up immediately . |
| 6 | Flustered by his presence , thrown off balance by the feel of his hard body against her own , she suddenly clamped her mouth shut , horrified to realise she 'd almost told him she 'd been rushing to get to him . |
| 7 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 8 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 9 | Not easy for us , was what she 'd been warning me , being so near and yet so far , so tantalizingly inaccessible to each other . |
| 10 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 11 | It was three times what she 'd been expecting . |
| 12 | She nodded , as if this was what she 'd been expecting , and then she took what was probably her first real look at her surroundings . |
| 13 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 14 | His answering look told her he knew exactly what she 'd been thinking . |
| 15 | Luce followed his lead , not yet clear enough in her own mind to try and provide any answers , or confide what she 'd been thinking . |
| 16 | I said that this was what she 'd been proposing , dummkopf , but Stuart was n't having any of it . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I did , ’ said Kelly , surprised that he had n't grasped what she 'd been saying . |
| 18 | Had he heard what she 'd been saying ? |
| 19 | I saw what she 'd been smiling at . |
| 20 | She should have felt relief — was n't this what she 'd been longing to hear ? |
| 21 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |