Example sentences of "she 'd [be] [adj] [prep] " 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 | 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 |
| 3 | Ever since they 'd first become friends she 'd been obsessed with Shannon 's love-life , or rather the lack of it . |
| 4 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She 'd been upset by that . |
| 7 | She 'd been close to panicking when Jeff had phoned her about the Sardinia stint . |
| 8 | Pamela had left no note but it 's understood she 'd been depressed before her death . |
| 9 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 10 | She 'd been used to hopping around and flapping about wherever she pleased , so it came as a bit of a shock to find her freedom of movement restricted by the jesses . |
| 11 | He could tell she 'd been used to ordering people about at one time . |
| 12 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 13 | She 'd been involved with fairs and circuses since the age of fourteen , when she 'd run off with a Wall of Death rider on his motorbike . |
| 14 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 15 | To tell him the truth — that she 'd been afraid of the depth of her own feelings — would be far too revealing . |
| 16 | She 'd been sick on the floor . |
| 17 | She 'd been sick on the floor . |
| 18 | But , a few hours before , she 'd been furious with him . |
| 19 | He went on a while about the various tests but where he came out was that she 'd been dead for at least five days , and seven was perfectly possible . |
| 20 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 21 | Yet Mrs Blakey continued to sense the unease she 'd been aware of on the telephone , which she 'd first of all sensed when she 'd looked out of the landing window and seen the boy with the children in the garden . |
| 22 | All evening she 'd been aware of him not only as the uncle of the delinquent who had abducted Suzie , but also on a separate level she had no wish to analyse . |
| 23 | All during the meal , she 'd been aware of his eyes on her across the table , the warmth in them as tangible as a caressing hand . |
| 24 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 25 | Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room . |
| 26 | I did n't understand what ‘ interest ’ was but she 'd been kind to me and I thought she would be kind to others and help them . |
| 27 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |
| 28 | But what if she 'd been wrong in that — what if there were other things he wanted to do ? |
| 29 | The only thing she 'd been worried about was Jake finding out . |
| 30 | Leith was having difficulty in equating this caring-sounding Naylor with the aggressive brute she had tangled with last night when Travis revealed , ‘ But it was my mother who rang him on Friday and , it seems , confessed — something I 'd been too preoccupied to have noticed — that she 'd been worried about me for some while . |