Example sentences of "[coord] she [verb] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the prison doors had opened , or she had been stuffed into the hold of that ghastly convict ship , to spend her life scrubbing and cleaning and whoring for rough and dangerous men . |
| 2 | It is sufficient for that person to establish that he or she has been prevented to an appreciable extent from enjoying the ordinary comforts of life ; there is no need to establish direct injury to health . |
| 3 | Once she 'd got known for being presentable , turning up sober and on time , not leaving early with the spoons and able to tell left hand from right , word got round and she 'd been passed from college to college by grateful manciples . |
| 4 | And she 'd been charmed with Bergerac itself . |
| 5 | Somewhere between the time when they had fallen into an exhausted sleep and when she had woken to this grey dawn , all the joy and magic of what they had shared had faded , and she had been overcome by doubts . |
| 6 | Peggy had lived for a long time with an aunt while her daddy and mummy were abroad , and she had been spoilt by always getting her own way . |
| 7 | She had been , it seemed , to endless dinners , parties and weddings on her own , she had been spotted at local cinemas with friends , sitting in the stalls alongside ordinary members of the public , and she had been seen on the town , at pop concerts , and in restaurants , with handsome young men . |
| 8 | Her name was She-Who-Is-Alone and she had been looked after by the tribe since her parents and grandparents died in the famine . |
| 9 | Then the first ‘ maid ’ they ever had was a girl of 16 called Mollie and she had been deserted by her husband and came to live in the house with three tots . |
| 10 | He was a powerful , virile man , and she had been left in no doubt as to the physical effect she had on him . |
| 11 | A small crowd had gathered and she had been carried across the street and inside the nearest shop in order to get her out of the sun . |
| 12 | She had thought her daughter was pure and good , and she had been gratified by that . |
| 13 | The shock had been too much for her precarious hold on sanity and she had been removed to Rainhill Asylum in a strait jacket . |
| 14 | And she had been entrusted with its safe keeping . |
| 15 | It was Molly , of course , who introduced Medau work in the Special Needs sector and she has been followed by a number of our teachers who all deserve recognition for their work in this field . |
| 16 | The square is completed and she has been introduced to Turtle Graphics . |
| 17 | Ruth 's Medau training comes to the fore when she plans her class , and she has been commended for her ‘ whole-body ’ movement . |
| 18 | As already imitated , Sarah Cunningham 's playing throughout this fascinating recital is a constant pleasure , and she has been provided with a recording which does ample justice to the ripe sonority of her instrument . |
| 19 | As children we called her Minna , and she has been known to us and to our friends as Minna ever since . |
| 20 | Helen 's tearful mother Anne Stephens said today : ‘ Whether you believe it or anyone else believes it my daughter is innocent and she 's been sent to prison for a week for something she has n't done . ’ |
| 21 | These guys are nudging each other , they go up to her , the music changes , and they 're talking to her , and she says no or whatever , and then the last guy walks up to her , the woman turns round , and she 's been replaced by someone wearing the same dress but she 's really fat . |
| 22 | ‘ Since her arrest , they 've trumped up charges against her , and she 's been deported to Beirut . ’ |
| 23 | Her family were farmers , but she had been sent by her employer to learn the finer points of cuisine and household management from the master chef and the housekeeper at the Savoy . |
| 24 | Shelley was n't usually violent , but she had been tested beyond what she thought was right . |
| 25 | But she had been forbidden by her mother to have anything to do with her Pascoe cousins , and she was sure Tristram was under the same veto as far as she was concerned ; and for a long time — years — she had never even spoken a word to him . |
| 26 | Not only had she failed to recapture her budgie , but she had been accused of stealing apples and brought disgrace upon the Pack ! |
| 27 | But she 'd been born at a better time and there were arts councils and they had been good to her . |
| 28 | ‘ But she has been caged inside the Grail Castle for the last twenty years . ’ |
| 29 | But she 's been approached by the gutter press to sell her story of her life with me and I 've had to intercept certain envelopes that have been sent in . |
| 30 | Geoffrey is recuperating from er er an operation on his back , and Barbara , although not here this morning , hopefully may well be here this afternoon , but she 's been incapacitated by a fall which er , broke her leg . |