Example sentences of "[vb past] she [verb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was squatting down in the photograph and Sabrina estimated her to have been a little over five feet with a slender petite figure and a pale , milky complexion . |
| 2 | She could find nothing to say , and as she sat avoiding his eyes she realised she 'd been a fool . |
| 3 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 4 | Before papa died she had been a child , spoiled and cosseted and it was a pity she had not grown up a bit more quickly . |
| 5 | Yet though she knew she 'd been a fool and totally lacking in self-control , still tangled in the sensual web he 'd spun so effortlessly , she could n't regret it . |
| 6 | Nurse Geeson said she had been a staff nurse on the children 's ward for ten years up to 1991 and had only come across four or five occasions when children suffered heart or respiratory attacks . |