Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] she [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until then , colleagues and readers thought she had been happily married to the man she always referred affectionately to as Proopsie . |
| 2 | If they go away with a positive decision against starting up a tourism enterprise , Sue feels she has been able to help them avoid an expensive mistake . |
| 3 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 4 | Prosecutor Edwin Beltrami said she had been arrested after failing to appear before Thames magistrates , London , in May . |
| 5 | A woman with leukaemia says she 's been sacked from her job as a secretary because of her illness . |
| 6 | Maggie realized she 'd been in the wrong . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But local mum Carol Lambird says she has been locked in a wrangle with Durham County Council for the last two years after her son Christopher was diagnosed as dyslexic . |
| 9 | Robert Brown was suspended as head of the lower school at Pates Grammar in Cheltenham last year after the girl alleged she 'd been indecently assaulted . |
| 10 | At the same time the near certainty that at least one member of the household knew she had been out of her bed before dawn put her in a state of nervous watchfulness . |
| 11 | It was wider than it had looked and Fenella thought she had been right to think it led away from the road , deeper into the hillside . |
| 12 | Mrs MacIllarry said she 'd been told by her mother that Jobson had once phoned saying he would kill her and then himself . |
| 13 | Mina said Gustav said she 'd been killed by Allied planes . |
| 14 | His eyes blackened angrily and Ruth supposed she had been right and exposed him for what he was — a cool bastard . |
| 15 | ‘ Two days before the accident happened she had been out shopping with a member of staff and had returned unescorted . |
| 16 | Her words sliced through Shannon like burning arrows , but only a faint staining of her cheeks showed she 'd been affected in the slightest . |
| 17 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 18 | Before papa died she had been a child , spoiled and cosseted and it was a pity she had not grown up a bit more quickly . |
| 19 | When I asked why this was so she explained that since her husband died she had been managing well and felt that she had coped with all the trauma . |
| 20 | Rain said she had been into the studio but not the flat . |
| 21 | Nurse Geeson said she had been a staff nurse on the children 's ward for ten years up to 1991 and had only come across four or five occasions when children suffered heart or respiratory attacks . |
| 22 | Stroud said she 'd been terrified throughout . |
| 23 | Mr Wildish said she had been chatting cheerfully and was full of beans and looking forward to going home . |
| 24 | Mrs Rene Morris said she had been shown letters addressed to parents which said the form had to be given to head teachers before a decision could be made . |
| 25 | Ms Barclay said she had been greatly encouraged by the response of the off-licence owners , who would be distributing drinks measures leaflets and beer mats . |
| 26 | From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong . |
| 27 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 28 | She turned to the door as Myra came in , her smile saying she had been successful . |
| 29 | After six years of marriage , however , Adrienne finds she has been strolling unwittingly through a psychological jungle . |
| 30 | Lindsey knew she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent . |