Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when Eliot asked how she would get the keys to the desk , she realized her suggestion had been useless : she had forgotten that Maureen had taken them from her . |
| 2 | Now , a year later , she knew her hesitation had been the biggest mistake of her life . |
| 3 | Now , of course , she knew her mother had been too vain to acknowledge a daughter whose age would be an indication of her own . |
| 4 | ‘ I read a very good piece by Candida Crewe , in which she said that she felt her life had been made richer by having had step-parents . |
| 5 | East Clwyd coroner David Jones read a statement by Jacob 's mother , Alison Bates , in which she said her pregnancy had been normal but she was warned that intervention might be necessary because of the position of the baby 's head . |
| 6 | For many years , Marek wrote , he had believed his mother when she said his father had been killed in a car accident . |
| 7 | What was more , the old lady knew what he was at , for the look she shot her companion had been brimful of mischief . |