Example sentences of "she 'd been [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 3 | She 'd been dreading this . |
| 4 | She 'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident . |
| 5 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 6 | She 'd been using these for years , ever since a practical demonstration by an art-school technician fired her to experiment with felting techniques . |
| 7 | There must be hundreds of people named McMahon — Be ironic , though , would n't it , if she 'd been staying all this time in the house of the woman she was looking for ? |
| 8 | I suspect she 'd been following that fool of a carrier . ’ |
| 9 | She 'd been waiting all her life for this man , this moment . |
| 10 | As she flicked over memories of the day — embracing in the cold silken water , under that mysterious layer of white mist which cut off the sky above yet gave clear vision to the other side , a quarter of a mile away — the sense of wicked escape , as they laughed together in the empty lunch-time pub … she decided that she would tell her mother she 'd been working both Sundays . |
| 11 | She was cold , tired and aching ; her bed had n't been thick enough , and she 'd been wakened several times by sheep trying to share it , or eat it . |