Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] she 'd been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought that — wondered if it was — suicide because of this man she 'd been seeing , ’ Merrill said in a small voice . |
| 2 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 3 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 4 | It was too mortifying for words , and it intensified the vulnerable feeling she 'd been experiencing around Guy Sterne . |
| 5 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 6 | It was the only thing she 'd been wearing that had n't come away when they undressed . |
| 7 | The only thing she 'd been trying to do was calm Guido down and defuse the situation . |
| 8 | The same Rory she 'd been talking to just before he and his wife Harriet died . |
| 9 | Ten minutes later , dressed in a pair of grey trousers and the same red jacket she 'd been wearing yesterday , she was turning into the hotel car park , slotting her Mini quickly into one of the spaces , then striding resolutely towards the hotel 's main entrance . |
| 10 | But thinking about Guido and the race were two things she 'd been trying very hard not to do . |
| 11 | This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life . |