Example sentences of "she [vb past] be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , she 'd been drinking too much , of late . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She 'd been thinking just that for most of the long , aching , sleepless night . |
| 4 | Presumably he had snatched a few more hours ' sleep , she decided morosely , while she 'd been traipsing fruitlessly up and down Strøget . |
| 5 | The flood of gratitude she felt at Guy 's surprise appearance was as illogically powerful as the tide of resentment she 'd been harbouring earlier . |
| 6 | But she 'd been smoking too much , as well . |
| 7 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 10 | But thinking about Guido and the race were two things she 'd been trying very hard not to do . |
| 11 | She 'd been letting on that she lived in one of those posh houses . |
| 12 | She 'd been carrying on outside all morning and |
| 13 | apparently she does n't know why they sacked her she said , they sacked apparently something to do with she 'd been asking too many questions or something and but she |
| 14 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 15 | She 'd been doing more and more of his work for him . |
| 16 | Once she could not have imagined a greater disaster — all the garments she 'd been working on , with such dedication , day and night , for weeks on end now , had totally vanished , disappeared . |
| 17 | It was a planned pregnancy , and she 'd been working hard at getting her blood sugar under control , but that often ca n't be done overnight . ’ |
| 18 | Course she 'd been working hard well er not working hard you know just in the cleaning like that . |
| 19 | All the time she 'd been wittering on about Jennifer and her illness , he had kept this to himself , suffering in silence . |
| 20 | She said yeah I 'll be alright , but I could see she 'd been crying earlier on in the evening , she said you always feel as if you 're |
| 21 | She 'd been going on about the outings , never getting away , had n't she ? |
| 22 | Course I di I did n't get to know much else but it was obvious you see , she 'd been going out with a young man , her husband was in the Forces and er she 'd tried to get rid of it . |
| 23 | In all the months that she 'd been going out with Adrian , he 'd never once asked to talk to her like that , in that special way , during school time . |
| 24 | I 'm sure she 'd been sitting there , but she was hardly wearing anything ! |
| 25 | Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours . |
| 26 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 27 | She did n't know how long she 'd been lying there . |
| 28 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 29 | The jealousy she felt was escalating out of all control . |
| 30 | A friend said yesterday : ‘ What she did is eating away at her . |