Example sentences of "[adv] she had been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But then the moon slid behind a cloud and the images vanished and Fenella thought that perhaps she had been mistaken . |
| 3 | Perhaps she had been taking too little care , or perhaps it was the strain of the bereavement coming out in physical symptoms . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had been dropped onto his path on purpose . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | During the last half hour or so she had been pacing the room like a caged animal , insisting that the door should be kept ajar and the window opened wide . |
| 8 | So she had been asking after him . |
| 9 | A slight chill the day after the sale had delayed her journey to London and so she had been forced to leave Summer Lodge with her few possessions in a bag and watch as the cab carried her from the large estate on the hill to the cramped rooms of the house in Chapel Street . |
| 10 | In the few hours since she had brought the house down she had been interviewed by three tabloids , Sky Television and by Tony Howard for ‘ Newsnight ’ . |
| 11 | It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker . |
| 12 | She wished she could stand in the night and laugh , but already she had been heard . |
| 13 | As the man unfolded his tall frame and stood up , slinging a dusty jacket over one broad shoulder , Folly realised how right she had been to see him as formidable . |
| 14 | And how right she had been to lie ! |
| 15 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 16 | Eventually she had been sent to a psychiatrist to see if he could help discover the reason for what appeared to be a purely psychosomatic condition . |
| 17 | And yesterday she had been proved right . |
| 18 | Mysteriously she had been transported into the bubble — and not only into the bubble , but also into the spacecraft . |
| 19 | A minute or so later she had been connected and the reservations clerk was asking for details of her ticket . |
| 20 | Mrs Jones , who presented poppies to Falklands veterans during the ceremony , said later she had been angered by Civvies . |
| 21 | Probably she had been kept late by whatever it was she was doing and had decided to leave it until the morning . |
| 22 | ‘ From what we understand she heard a pop and that is when she noticed the pain in her back and found out she had been shot , ’ the officer said . |
| 23 | When war broke out she had been evacuated to foster parents in Yorkshire until the junior art schools at Central , Camberwell and Hammersmith were resettled as the London Art School at Northampton . |
| 24 | For some minutes now she had been disturbed by the way Beth was pacing to and fro in front of the great fireplace , a deeply thoughtful expression on her face , and her whole manner one of extreme agitation . |
| 25 | For the past five days now she had been living somewhere on cloud nine , and had decided that she might just as well set up home there , as it was such a wonderful place to be . |
| 26 | Odd , he reflected , that now she had been forced to make a straight denial , he had lost his confidence . |
| 27 | Seemingly she had been living rough since her owner died and knew a good home when she found one . |
| 28 | Not so long ago she had been loved and cherished with the world at her feet , now she was a woman alone . |
| 29 | Only an hour ago she had been finishing the evening milking , peaceful in the milking house with Florence . |
| 30 | A few moments ago she had been burning up in his arms , caught up in the fever of his lovemaking , but now the blood seemed to have turned to ice in her veins , frozen by his uncaring tones . |