Example sentences of "she 'd been [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been waitressing in the dining-room for breakfast and lunch . |
| 2 | She 'd been living in England such a long time , of course , it was a bit too free and easy over there . |
| 3 | Even when she 'd been helping in the kitchen she 'd found her eyes straying , as if magnetised , in his direction . |
| 4 | She 'd been browsing in a bookshop after buying a bedtime book for Kirsty when she 'd suddenly caught sight of the clock on the wall and seen , to her horror , that it was nearly five o'clock . |
| 5 | Well okay , that was a time she 'd been camping in the Lake District , Mrs did . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Her face and neck felt as if she 'd been sitting in the heat of an oven . |
| 8 | A lady phoned in saying she 'd been sitting in a café when some animal rights campaigners carrying collection tins arrived and ordered a meal . |
| 9 | This time last night she 'd been lying in Dane 's arms , feeling safe , secure , at peace with the world for perhaps the first time in her troubled life . |