Example sentences of "that she 'd been [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She told me when we were staying there that she 'd been trying to conceive ever since her wedding . ’ |
| 2 | Then a week later my wife told me that she 'd been abused by her brother . |
| 3 | I felt that her character had been revealed and , what was more , that she 'd been using me . |
| 4 | ‘ But then we heard that she 'd been killed . ’ |
| 5 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
| 6 | How dared he believe that she 'd been taking money from Travis to pay her way ? |
| 7 | ‘ You would n't believe how sexy that skirt is blowing around like that , ’ Mandy said michievously , now that she 'd been granted her pardon . |
| 8 | I mean , you know Louise , she erm , was two pounds overdrawn , erm , for about a day , she was sent a letter to say that she 'd been charged twenty pounds for the letter , |
| 9 | With a smothered curse he pulled her into his arms and began to kiss her , using a more powerful argument than words as the first touch of his mouth on hers sent everything out of Leonora 's head other than the fact that she loved and wanted this man to the point where she was almost ready to believe that she 'd been mistaken . |
| 10 | She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . |
| 11 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 12 | What she felt , and what she resented , was that she 'd been tricked ! |
| 13 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 14 | I do n't know , you see , I just heard that she 'd been sacked and |
| 15 | He sat her down on his knee and kissed her , waking all the wicked senses that she 'd been taught to suppress all her life . |
| 16 | She was in fact very thin but had this huge wire frame around her ’ It turned out that she 'd been coming in a couple of times a week , stealing hundreds of pounds worth of clothes , hanging them on her frame then walking out . |
| 17 | Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours . |
| 18 | ‘ It was in the paper that she 'd been taken from the harbour . |
| 19 | The shriek that went up as she sank back on to a wicker sofa drumming her heels on the ground and yelling and shouting that she wished he were dead , and that she 'd been dishonoured , made him quite alarmed . |
| 20 | The summer school job that she 'd been relying on had been cancelled at the very last minute and other temporary jobs were a bit thin on the ground . |
| 21 | Belov chatted easily , although his real talent lay in persuading her to talk without her realising that she 'd been persuaded . |
| 22 | Certainly Joanne Menzies appeared not to recognize him , although he 'd rather regretted choosing the character of Detective-Sergeant McWhirter of Scotland Yard when she revealed that she 'd been brought up near the Kyles of Bute . |
| 23 | Even now , of course , her mother would deny that she 'd been driven by physical needs — she still insisted on living the lie that hers had been a love-story doomed to disaster . |
| 24 | Miss Malabedeely had been kneeling by a chair , praying , and Kate had thought immediately that she 'd been asking God to stop Miss Shaw and Miss Rist being so unpleasant to her . |
| 25 | Oxford Crown Court heard today that she 'd been subjected to repeated indecent assaults by her mother 's ex-boyfriend at their home in the Wantage area between 1985 and 1987 . |
| 26 | She had n't realized until she was bumping along the road away from the dock that she 'd been shaking like an aspen leaf . |
| 27 | The handkerchief that she 'd been twisting and untwisting at our first interview came out again , this time to her eyes . |
| 28 | Dawson was aware that she 'd been combating a bout of ill-temper since he 'd arrived . |
| 29 | She felt that she 'd been emptied . |
| 30 | For the truth was that she 'd been offered promotion a dozen times — in spite of the fact that when she 'd started as a trainee she 'd had no formal training , no experience , nothing to commend her but a fistful of ambition . |