Example sentences of "[prep] she had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the years when she had had no-one to look after her had been disastrous . |
| 2 | She heard , too , that wages had begun to climb and that a lady 's maid , such as she had been , commanded what seemed an astronomical salary — thirty guineas a year in London in some houses , twice what she had ever earned . |
| 3 | Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles . |
| 4 | Not one single thing she had brought with her had been left untouched . |
| 5 | His encounters with her had been much closer than her own , and from an entirely different angle . |
| 6 | His interest in her had been obvious , and because of that she had discouraged it . |
| 7 | That he could let her go so easily was the final damning proof that his interest in her had been prompted by solely mercenary considerations . |
| 8 | Grainne had nodded , and she had done as she was told , but deep within her had been a spurt of anger , for when had Dierdriu ever borne loss , when had Dierdriu ever lost a lover ? |
| 9 | The longing he 'd kindled within her had been for love — his love . |
| 10 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
| 11 | Deep inside her had been awakened a nameless , primitive fear that at first had ached away in the background , but slowly had grown more evident , more pronounced , like a stared-at , half-perceived figure in the shadowy corner of a bedroom . |
| 12 | as if the kiss he had forced from her had been forgotten , he released her and swivelled , abruptly leaving her so that she had to follow like a servant at his heels . |
| 13 | Keeping everything from her had been incredibly tough , particularly since Candy was highly adept at winkling out secrets , but Adam had been completely inflexible on the subject . |
| 14 | Little by little everything that was most English about her had been eroded and all she had left of it was her honesty , her natural courtesy and a slight reserve she could not entirely eliminate . |
| 15 | His anxiety for her had been displaced by a greater worry — was that possible ? |
| 16 | His contempt for her had been occasioned , as Ellie understood it , by her father 's disdain for Madame 's previous occupation as an actress , since , as he said , he had always held the theatre to be nothing but a den of iniquity . |
| 17 | Penry 's wonderful , gratifying desire for her had been a healing fire which had cured her forever of the wounds dealt by Guy . |
| 18 | She had known why Mr Evans had sent Hepzibah biscuits ; had known that he wanted her to spy , to keep her eyes open , and it seemed that without meaning to she had been doing just that ! |
| 19 | Mandy 's parents had been understandably concerned at her friendship with Mark , but their demands on her had been bordering on the unreasonable . |
| 20 | She had convinced herself that the intense impact which Vitor d'Arcos had once had on her had been a much exaggerated memory , the figment of an overheated imagination . |
| 21 | Bill 's instructions to her had been simple . |
| 22 | Practically his first request to her had been to ask her to clean his shoes ! ) |
| 23 | Lord Sands in Murray v IRC at p138 stated : Now , that would be a sound view [ the view that expenses could not be deducted ( author 's insertion ) ] no doubt if any expenses that were incurred before any payment was made to her had been expenses incurred by somebody she had employed to collect the money , because then these expenses would have been her expenses if they had been incurred by someone whom she was free to employ or not to employ . |
| 24 | The attraction he had felt to her had been instant . |