Example sentences of "she 'd [adv] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shannon gave an involuntary little start as though someone had spoken the words aloud , then laughed self-consciously , realising she 'd simply been hearing the voice of a conscience that was inclined to be over-zealous in its insistence on honesty . |
| 2 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 3 | This one just flung the door open and she 'd either been standing behind it when I knocked or , more likely , she 'd seen me coming . |
| 4 | The gleam in his eyes made her uncomfortably certain he knew perfectly well what she 'd just been thinking . |
| 5 | She 'd just been visiting a widow of an old army friend of Yury 's , who had a bad attack of flu . |
| 6 | She remembered what she 'd just been doing . |
| 7 | His eyes raked mockingly over her dishevelled nakedness , and she shuddered , still caught up in the storm he had unleashed , but horrified , too , to realise what she 'd just been doing . |
| 8 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |
| 9 | She 'd obviously been counting on me having one , because the chillim was poised at her lips , ready for her to pull in deeply when the surface leaves caught fire . |
| 10 | This was the moment she 'd frankly been dreading . |
| 11 | For the past week she 'd literally been counting the days . |
| 12 | She 'd only been trying to help . |
| 13 | Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her . |