Example sentences of "she had be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had been a tiny child , and Fenna had still been a small , manageable and undemanding dragon she had , often spoken of him , to her mother who had grinned , to her grandmother who had smiled , and to her schoolteachers and friends , who had laughed indulgently . |
| 2 | Though Maggie was eighteen , tall and attractive , she was still as much in awe of Moran as when she had been a child . |
| 3 | She had been a mother 's help to a family in Hampshire , she had babysat through an agency in London , and had taken on cleaning jobs . |
| 4 | A case of gamekeeper turned poacher , given that she had been a fast-stream entrant to the Treasury , much of whose function it is to resist that sort of demand . ’ |
| 5 | She had been a mother of sons only and I think now that she would have liked me to call her mother ; but then , such an idea never entered my head . |
| 6 | She had been a friend of Emily 's ; possibly her only friend ; but if Mr Zamoyski was right , she had not been generally liked . |
| 7 | She had been a good woman . |
| 8 | Whereas before she had been a rough-and-ready Italian peasant , flashing with high spirits , now she thought a little about how she seemed to others and tempered her boisterous good humour . |
| 9 | She had been a nurse at St. Thomas 's Hospital in London and there exists a link with Chiswick in that St. Thomas 's had a sports ground in Chiswick until after the second world war , which was acquired by the local authority for housing purposes , and in her honour one of the roads was named ‘ Florence Close ’ . |
| 10 | She had been a somewhat delicate woman for some years and the long and Perilous sea voyage to Australia had taken its toll . |
| 11 | ‘ The girl had advanced syphilis ; she had been a child prostitute . ’ |
| 12 | She had been a widow for 25 years and now lived in one room , earning a living as a charwoman . |
| 13 | She had been a teacher , and made sure the girl went to a good school : ‘ my granny had more influence on me education-wise . |
| 14 | She had been a good wife , too . |
| 15 | The bees just crawled over her , paying no more heed to her than if she had been a treestump . |
| 16 | And Miss Watson , of course , really was her better , for she had been a headmistress before this , and had taught in town schools , so large and magnificent that naturally she was much wiser and more experienced . |
| 17 | She had been a loyal colleague for many years , respected by parents and children alike , and since the accident had proved a trusted friend and companion . |
| 18 | Would he have loved her more if she had been a son ? , |
| 19 | She had been a champion skater at St Moritz , until her pilot husband had rescued her from what was becoming a very dreary grind . |
| 20 | Just as she had been a conscientious dancer , she now became an equally conscientious needlewoman . |
| 21 | It was rumoured she had been a barmaid , heady stuff in those days . |
| 22 | Colonel Joshua Murchison had always been a tough unyielding man who had made it quite clear to Julie that he would rather she had been a boy . |
| 23 | Even in death , some members of the Glencairn family could not forget that she had been a commoner and objected to her burial in the vault . |
| 24 | She had been a major influence in my life , and helped me through the rough patches . |
| 25 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 26 | Once upon a time — oh , years and years ago ! — she had been a schoolmistress . |
| 27 | She had been a top model — her legs alone were insured for a five figure sum and he had enough hanging on him to bankrupt a smaller company . |
| 28 | If only she had been a bit more accommodating , a bit more enthusiastic . |
| 29 | Sad thing was she had been a noted dancer in her day . |
| 30 | Yet once she had been a favourite with the below-stairs staff . |