Example sentences of "a [noun sg] she [vb past] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
| 2 | She had always believed there would be someone special — for a while she had been under the illusion that that someone was Marcus . |
| 3 | For a while she had been in paradise ; now it was over . |
| 4 | Abruptly , and with a habit she had been on the way to forgetting he had , Ven Gajdusek cut her off again . |
| 5 | She had been talking for several minutes about a party she had been to the previous evening . |
| 6 | Changing the subject quickly , I wondered how great an inspiration she had been to all those women out there in their 40s who lacked her drive to embark on a new career . |