Example sentences of "as she had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was nervous before stepping onto the set of Delinquents , just as she had been all those years ago when she did the rehearsals for The Henderson Kids . |
| 2 | She would be now , as she had been all that day , out praying for his soul . |
| 3 | She was becoming almost as sensitive to him as she had been all those years ago . |
| 4 | It was barely five a.m. and dawn was just breaking , but she was wide awake , as she had been all night long . |
| 5 | Lucy was weeping as she had been that afternoon . |
| 6 | She did n't want to understand him , but heated recognition rippled through her as she stared at his mouth , as unwillingly fascinated by its sensual curve as she had been six years ago , when all her breathlessly adored heroes had suddenly become prosaic and petty with the advent of the man from Hong Kong . |
| 7 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |
| 8 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |
| 9 | Perplexed , Ashley looked at him , then it registered that as she had been astonished to see him so he was equally stunned to see her . |