Example sentences of "[conj] she have once been " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a story that she had once been married to a hollow cheeked Indian tour guide called Willy Wither who had taken us up the river and touchingly offered me the use of his very expensive camera ( ‘ A holiday without a camera is a terrible thing . ’ ) , |
| 2 | It has been suggested that she had once been a Benedictine nun of the convent of Carrow , which was situated near the church where she eventually had her cell : to this day Benedictine nuns take the title ‘ Dame ’ , the honorary title of any woman of rank at this time . |
| 3 | Seeing her there , Stephen had to remind himself — for nothing in her bearing hinted at it and no vestige of hand-some looks remained — that she had once been the mistress of Alfred Osborn Tace . |
| 4 | Rumour had it that she had once been married , long ago , when she was very young . |
| 5 | She had heard rhyming slang , she knew what four by twos meant , and she 'd once been asked if she could speak with a Jewish accent . |
| 6 | Mr Cowan said Lady Kennedy 's promiscuous behaviour was ‘ not unusual for her ’ and she had once been sacked from a job for ‘ obscene behaviour ’ . |
| 7 | She was a nice old soul , but she had once been Sister Hope for twenty years , as she never ceased to inform us . |
| 8 | She had learned the harp because she had once been told that she had beautiful elbows , and harp playing seemed to make better use than most careers of the Lord 's stingy gift . |