Example sentences of "she 'd been [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 2 | She 'd been given a rail warrant to Lowestoft , where the RTO had handed her over to the navy . |
| 3 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 4 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 5 | Without consulting her it began to move faster , inciting her lover to a rhythm which he responded to triumphantly , accelerating in time with their heartbeats , taking her with him towards the culmination she 'd been given a foretaste of , which paled in comparison to the flooding rapture which overtook her seconds before Penry gasped , stiffened , then crushed her in his arms as their breathing slowed in the shared diminuendo of the aftermath . |
| 6 | If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated . |
| 7 | as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing . |
| 8 | ‘ If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later . |
| 9 | No , that would be I do n't really think of that when I , I do n't think I do n't think anybody went to see her , but I think she 'd been done a bit better . |
| 10 | My local bank manager said that means she 'd been renting a deposit box . |
| 11 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 12 | But er she said she 'd been feeling a bit rough recently . |
| 13 | Dawson was aware that she 'd been combating a bout of ill-temper since he 'd arrived . |
| 14 | She said she 'd been following a higher moral law . |
| 15 | And then I said , then she 'd been bought a a hundred pound of leg waxing machine . |
| 16 | Maybe she 'd been doing a lot of thinking . |
| 17 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 18 | Just for a second there , she 'd been uncovering a softer , more human side to the man . |
| 19 | ‘ Then she told me she 'd been offered a part in Jane Eyre at Warrington rep and did I think she ought to accept . |
| 20 | ‘ She 'd been offered a job in America , nanny to a widower with two small children . |
| 21 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
| 22 | She 'd been having a nightmare . |
| 23 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 24 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |