Example sentences of "she had [not/n't] been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't been prepared for the way poetry came into this fitting together of parts , Shall I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous , and that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour , she recited in her head , as O'Hara climbed on top and humped her beneath the rude unshaded bulb . |
| 2 | The girl had n't been born into this archiac world ; she had n't been prepared for a lover who was demanding and possessive , as Nicolo must have been . |
| 3 | Their daughter , Carla , nearly five now , looked as if she had n't been washed for days . |
| 4 | She had n't been to work for two nights . |
| 5 | She also made a handsome donation although she had not been asked for money . |
| 6 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 7 | Although she had not been prepared for his barrage of questions and had answered them almost truculently , she had made Nicky think twice about her simply because she seemed more direct and independent than most of the girls he knew . |
| 8 | But she had not been prepared for the intensity of her response . |
| 9 | She had not been kissed for over two years and it was magical ; she was feeling it deeply , listening with everything in her but not remembering , because other kisses had not been like this . |