Example sentences of "she [vb past] [been] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 2 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 3 | She had been homesick for this city , and the years of marriage to Nahum slipped away . |
| 4 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 5 | As it was , this first ever trip on a narrow boat looked like being her last , and she had been asleep for most of it . |
| 6 | She had been ill for some time , and gradually realized that she needed more care than could be given by the community services . |
| 7 | She had been ill for some time and , driving back again to Cardiff to join my father , I reflected on the sadness that parents can never know what their children owe them . |
| 8 | For thirty-six years she had been convenient for this purpose . |