Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] she [vb past] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervy or not , she was particularly convincing in her role as Olwyn , more so than she had been in previous rehearsals . |
| 2 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 3 | It had been a deep and tub-like pram , and they had used it to convey her from place to place long after she had been of an age to be confined in such a vehicle . |
| 4 | Me mother used to go in and lie down when she 'd been to the work . |
| 5 | R R Ricky er Richie er longer than she 'd been with any you know , boy that she got on with |
| 6 | It was years since she had ridden a bike too , not since she had been at school and had cycled home each day . |
| 7 | Her eighteen-month jail sentence was reduced on appeal — but not before she had been in prison for six months . ) |
| 8 | The potty training restarted and then after 6 months she was re-established on cows milk starting with plain yogurt ( just as she had been during weaning . ) ’ |
| 9 | Just when she had been on the brink of despair , one of her rich customers had given her a handsome order . |
| 10 | Clelia worked there because she painted : also because her parents pulled strings : also because she had been to art school : also because she had some highly inexplicit connexion with Martin . |
| 11 | Thinking of Minnie was to think of days long ago when she had been at the centre of things . |