Example sentences of "she [vb past] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 2 | For the first time she began to wonder if she 'd been foolhardy — no matter how strong her desire to get away , she should n't have put her own safety at risk . |
| 3 | She refused to believe that anyone could start at that age ; she 'd been sixteen when hers had started . |
| 4 | She 'd been easy to surprise ; she 'd been expecting someone else . |
| 5 | I was quick to snap her up before you changed your mind she was n't right for national accounts at that time she 'd been good in the groups role |
| 6 | Ever since they 'd first become friends she 'd been obsessed with Shannon 's love-life , or rather the lack of it . |
| 7 | Shannon had never been able to believe that ; as a child she 'd seen a photograph of her father , and even then she 'd been stunned to silence by his incredible good looks . |
| 8 | I think she 'd been asleep . ’ |
| 9 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 10 | I mean , she 'd been asleep |
| 11 | She 'd been slender before . |
| 12 | The struggle to understand everything showed clearly on her face , and slowly , surely , she found a ray of hope in the mess , something to compensate for the painful discovery that she 'd been ignorant of her own roots . |
| 13 | She 'd been fortunate to escape more serious injury from the flying glass . |
| 14 | Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats ! |
| 15 | For a while , there , she 'd been convinced that everything was coming together . |
| 16 | She 'd been convinced all along that eventually she must lose him , that Marianne was right — some other attraction must inevitably draw him away . |
| 17 | She 'd been convinced he respected her so much that he had intentions of a more permanent nature . |
| 18 | Being upset about Timothy Gedge had made her tired , but she was glad she 'd been upset , for at least it made sense , not like moping over a baby that could n't be born . |
| 19 | She 'd been upset by that . |
| 20 | Attractive and popular , she 'd had boyfriends since she 'd been fifteen . |
| 21 | They had advised her to have the baby adopted , told her she 'd not be able to earn a living for them both , but she 'd been willful and gone her own way . |
| 22 | He told Police she 'd been violent and emotional when she left him at about 11.30 , an hour after she was supposed to have arrived . |
| 23 | I mean , it was obvious that it was going to be erm , well , I mean , she 'd been married , she 's married , ten years |
| 24 | She probably knew too that they had been none too fond of Granny when she 'd been alive . |
| 25 | As I watched her I thought Granny would have been proud if she 'd been alive to see Mary now . |
| 26 | She 'd been half-expecting a trial and then a labour camp but instead , there was an ambulance . |
| 27 | Miss Evans moved from the sink where she 'd been all this time , standing quite still , and started to clear the plates from the table . |
| 28 | She was sitting calmly in bed like that 's where she 'd been all the time . |
| 29 | well they were having a biology lesson , she 'd been all about these , they 'd been this biology |
| 30 | She 'd been right , he was trying to pick her up , which was a pity , really , because she liked to dance . |