Example sentences of "she 'd been [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 She 'd been dreading this .
3 She 'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident .
4 She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit .
5 She 'd been using these for years , ever since a practical demonstration by an art-school technician fired her to experiment with felting techniques .
6 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 ?
7 I suspect she 'd been following that fool of a carrier . ’
8 She 'd been waiting all her life for this man , this moment .
9 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 .
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