Example sentences of "she [vb past] [been] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Else says a shiver went up 'er spine , and she knew she 'ad been called . ’ |
| 2 | She 'd been robbed of words , had no speech to tell him to stop this glorious torture , could only groan deep in her throat as his questing fingers flickered over one nipple , bringing it to prominent life even through the material of her leotard . |
| 3 | Oh I know she had her cooking with her today , so she had a pizza and a , a chocolate mousse thing in , she 'd been cooking |
| 4 | If — and it was a megalithic if , but I supposed we should consider every possible option now we were at it — if , in some weird way the Ghost and her voice really did exist , then as soon as she 'd got over her disappointment , she would have to admit she 'd been defeated fair and square , and would just have to honour the deal and flit off back to heaven or wherever it was she lived now . |
| 5 | She 'd been waylaid within ten feet of the front door , which did n't surprise me , by a chinless wonder in a baggy suit and powder blue trainers ( nobody wears trainers with a suit any more ) . |
| 6 | ‘ She said she 'd been peeling onions . |
| 7 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 8 | Luce froze , realising how easily she 'd been lulled into a false sense of security . |
| 9 | She 'd been summoned there for refusing to pay a poll tax surcharge of £14.52 . |
| 10 | It was n't her real name and — like Horowitz — she 'd been born in Hungary . |
| 11 | He asked her about the place so much like the valley , the place where she 'd been born . |
| 12 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 13 | If she had the sense she 'd been born with she 'd get up from the table right now , wish him a polite good evening , and scuttle back to the safety of the dressing-room , there to make a pledge never to risk being in his company again . |
| 14 | She had a heart operation just 3 days after she 'd been born . |
| 15 | A post morteum revealled she 'd died from a large fracture of the skull , soon after she 'd been born . |
| 16 | If she 'd been born on time this party would n't have happened until Christmas . |
| 17 | She wished she could say she knew she was being difficult and edgy , taking it out on him because she 'd been denied another child . |
| 18 | Alina said she 'd been raised in the country . |
| 19 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 20 | Anyway , she 'd been drinking too much , of late . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't believe she 'd been drinking . |
| 22 | She 'd been drinking with friends . |
| 23 | The kind of betrayal she 'd been believing him guilty of was mean , petty-minded , and he was none of those things . |
| 24 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 25 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 26 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 27 | She 'd been flattered to be asked , of course . |
| 28 | Then he stood up and strode from the room , and she all but collapsed into the chair he 'd just vacated , feeling as though she 'd been battered by a storm at sea . |
| 29 | She 'd been waitressing in the dining-room for breakfast and lunch . |
| 30 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |