Example sentences of "[verb] she 'd [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 2 | He 's going to be ages , thought Juliet desperately , suddenly realising she 'd been standing with her hands clenched together , and her eyes screwed tightly as if to hear better . |
| 3 | She discovered she 'd been sleeping on her back . |
| 4 | A lady phoned in saying she 'd been sitting in a café when some animal rights campaigners carrying collection tins arrived and ordered a meal . |
| 5 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 6 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 7 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 8 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |