Example sentences of "[adv] she 'd been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't know how long she 'd been lying there . |
| 2 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 3 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 4 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 5 | Well she 'd been waiting because he 's on full time again now |
| 6 | Maybe she 'd been doing a lot of thinking . |
| 7 | Course she 'd been working hard well er not working hard you know just in the cleaning like that . |
| 8 | Though why she 'd been trying to do that , heaven only knew . |
| 9 | By rights she should be sleeping the sleep of the just by now , she realised despondently as she switched on the bedside lamp — instead she 'd been reliving everything over and over in her mind . |
| 10 | She 'd set off at 2pm from TV-am , where she 'd been working since 8am on The Wide Awake Club . |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't she say where she 'd been working ? |
| 12 | She could n't remember where she 'd been going at the time . |