Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] she had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | How foolishly happy she had been earlier that evening , and how ridiculous she felt at this moment , all her dreams crushed and shattered around her slowly dragging feet . |
| 2 | Praying , as she sidled along to the changing-room , that no one would ever know how utterly wrong she had been … |
| 3 | And during that terrible evening by the fireside , when she told him her story , how desperately sad she had been to realize he might not love her any more . |
| 4 | ONCE WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT five she had been separated from her mother in a department store . |
| 5 | How pathetically grateful she had been then . |
| 6 | When she was quite small she had been surprised to see the woman carrying a folded table and a Gladstone bag . |
| 7 | Sick humiliation choked her as she realised how naïvely self-satisfied she had been , and her spirits sank . |
| 8 | Jessamy remembered how very annoyed she had been about that article . |