Example sentences of "[coord] she had be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reminded Jane of one of the Professor Branestawm stories she had read as a child in which the characters were photographs come alive , each repeating , over and over again , the sentence he or she had been saying at the moment the photograph was taken . |
| 2 | The reprieve had been so quick and sudden and she had been dreading the conversation so much … |
| 3 | But however reasonable , nothing was as cheap as free accommodation , and she had been counting on these next six months to build up a bank balance . |
| 4 | But it would be only for a time and she had been thinking of asking the queen-dowager for permission to leave sanctuary and visit her mother . |
| 5 | Her main interest was in the time course of memory formation , and she had been using a variety of drugs , including agents which disrupt entry of ions such as potassium into the cell , and also protein synthesis inhibitors , to dissect out a series of phases , which she described as short- , intermediate- and long-term memory . |
| 6 | It was ten o'clock and she had been ignoring it for half an hour . |
| 7 | Cook had the afternoon off and she had been coming to grips with her occasional souffle , when the ‘ monster ’ had started its cacophony . |
| 8 | Kay said I know , I said Kay you could n't begin to imagine what he does , and of course she said , and she had been doing that erm painting , Father came in and said something like oh you , you 've done a good job there , but she said he never said oh go over to the kitchen and get a cup of tea |
| 9 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 10 | And she had been crying . |
| 11 | This letter had purportedly been written by his wife to him saying that he was not the father of the child and she had been having an affair with a man called Nigel , ’ said Mr Klevan . |
| 12 | It might not be her number one priority but she had been organising people as long as she could remember . |
| 13 | He had looked after his younger brothers and sister , he had made sure that she always had enough money , but she had been hearing things of late that had frightened her . |
| 14 | But she had been battling against these odds for five hours , so perhaps her judgement was a little warped . |
| 15 | But she had been working er er as a |