Example sentences of "[vb past] she had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believed she had been murdered by the Grantley Ripper although as yet no body had turned up . |
| 2 | As for HMS United she had been on station at the rendezvous ; but as it is barely possible to see a 10,000 tonner at 400 yards on a rough night there is little chance of seeing the recognition signals from a canoe when these torch or RG beams are a mere four feet ( just over a metre ) at arm 's length above the waves . |
| 3 | In some odd way he was not a stranger because his name was painfully familiar and she imagined she had been expecting this angry arrival since her accident — that must be the cause of this feeling that was swimming through her . |
| 4 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 5 | Pc Court had threatened to take the force to an industrial tribunal last year alleging sexual discrimination in a case supported by the Police Federation , but Mr Newing agreed she had been disadvantaged after the arbitration service ACAS was brought in . |
| 6 | Maui claimed to lose it , so she offered him each of her fingers and toes , one by one , until she realised she had been tricked . |
| 7 | She sat up and rubbed her eyes , colouring furiously as she realised she had been using Roman 's shoulder for a head-rest . |
| 8 | He stood with his hands in his pockets and she realised she had been so taken up with her seemingly childish pursuit that she had not even heard the car arrive . |
| 9 | A postmortem later revealed she had been strangled . |
| 10 | A post mortem revealed she had been strangled . |
| 11 | At first it was thought her death was an accident and she had been choked when her necklace snagged on branches , but a second post-mortem examination five days later revealed she had been murdered . |
| 12 | Her broken optic shifted painfully , and she realized she had been seeing out of her empty left eyesocket . |
| 13 | She confirmed she had been to Hawaii with the hunk and said : ‘ We all had a laugh , that 's all . |
| 14 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 15 | One , Yvonne Morgan , said anglers on the riverbank were an invasion of her privacy and claimed she had been subjected to abuse and foul language . |
| 16 | She claimed she had been having a passionate affair with Mary Jo 's husband Joey , 36 . |
| 17 | A JUDGE was forced to scrap a lengthy criminal trial after a woman juror claimed she had been threatened with the sack . |
| 18 | VICAR 'S daughter Hannah Murray-Leslie was outraged by village gossips who claimed she had been booted out of a public school because of a frolic behind the bicycle shed . |
| 19 | PRINCESS Diana was at the centre of a mystery last night after a US paper claimed she had been recorded chatting to a man declaring his love for her . |
| 20 | Joan received permission and active encouragement to attempt what she claimed she had been sent to carry out . |
| 21 | A LEGAL secretary who claimed she had been unfairly dismissed from work during sick leave is considering appealing after losing her case . |
| 22 | He claimed she had been in severe financial difficulties at the time . |
| 23 | ‘ Two days before the accident happened she had been out shopping with a member of staff and had returned unescorted . |
| 24 | He guessed she had been named after Lady Irene Nevil 's daughter in Wrenwood . |
| 25 | The sergeant saw her eyes were dim with sadness and he guessed she had been thinking about her former husband . |
| 26 | This reminds me of the story about the old lady who boasted she had been wearing the same pair of stockings for twenty years — one year she knitted new feet on them and the next new legs ! |
| 27 | At this moment it was difficult to recall how quiet , calm and determined she had been . |
| 28 | The injuries indicated she had been the victim of a sustained attack . |
| 29 | The previous year when she finished fifth she discovered she had been pregnant when taking part . |
| 30 | Jobless Mohammed Aylaus , of Surbiton , Surrey , nabbed after The People handed evidence to police , threatened to shoot a prostitute and her children when he discovered she had been witholding money from him , Reading Crown Court was told . |