Example sentences of "she [vb past] [been] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd been in his company for less than a minute , and already they were sparring . |
| 2 | She had been on his mind since the morning he had seen her from his horse ; frightened yet defiant , sparking with anger . |
| 3 | Before he had met Kate Burrows , she had been on his list of ‘ things to do ’ . |
| 4 | Rupert had never met Everard 's mother , but remembering his own mother and how comforting she had been in his childhood illnesses he was immediately reassured . |
| 5 | They had walked quite some miles , she realised on the return journey , and she had been in his company for quite some while , so it came as no surprise to also realise how totally unsuited she was for the job she was there to do . |
| 6 | Only then did she realise that , for all she had been in his company for a total of several hours now , she still did n't know the first thing about him . |
| 7 | Nervous , perhaps , on edge maybe , because it seemed to her that she would have to keep her wits about her unless she wanted this outing to end up as fruitless as the other times she had been in his company . |
| 8 | But she had been in his strong arms before , and as agitation at her own weakness assailed her , so , while she still could , she fought to be free . |