Example sentences of "she [vb past] be there " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to find out how long she 'd been there . ’ |
| 2 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd been there and come back , and been again . |
| 4 | She was aware of a past neither of them had spoken of much — at least , not while she 'd been there . |
| 5 | She 'd been there two days and was running out of money . |
| 6 | " Lust " as Lindsey would have said if she 'd been there . |
| 7 | If she 'd been there , no matter how quietly , someone would remember . |
| 8 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |
| 9 | She 'd been there at the time he 'd wanted a woman . |
| 10 | In fact , she was n't even sure she 'd told Rohan she knew where the tower was located , let alone that she 'd been there . |
| 11 | She 'd been there for less than two weeks when her employers discovered she has leukaemia . |
| 12 | I did n't even notice that , but I did notice her across the road at Mrs and know so right she 'd been there I just did n't notice where she went , but I heard the bell ring and I could see this anorak through there and me mind thought Mrs , perhaps it 's Mrs but then when I saw this this lady well I just did n't know what to think really . |
| 13 | How long she had been there , we could not be sure , for if she sat with head and tail aligned along the wall , she was invisible from below , and only when she turned sideways did she come into view . |
| 14 | She had been there about a week when I learnt of her arrival through a friend and went to visit her . |
| 15 | She understood his grief and his sense of loss and loneliness — she had been there herself , after the King 's death — and she knew about the feelings of despair and the long , long time the scars would take to heal , but she also knew about the importance of carrying on . |
| 16 | He wondered how she had come there , and how long she had been there , and what her voice would be like , and a thousand other ridiculous things , whilst she breathed in and out , ruffling the gold threads of hair . |
| 17 | When she had been there for about six weeks she received the Medical Superintendent 's recommendation for her bravery . |
| 18 | Over in the corner behind a gigantic desk sat this old bird who looked as though she had been there since Marie Stopes was pre-pubescent . |
| 19 | She had been there before and was very tolerant of the young man plying her with questions . |
| 20 | However long she had been there , the whole stretch was a dingy aching trail of work and beatings . |
| 21 | She was not sure how long she had been there , or how long she might have remained , had she not been disturbed . |
| 22 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 23 | The first thing , he decided , was to check out Riverstown in case she had been there first . |
| 24 | She had no idea how long she had been there when a movement in the undergrowth made her look up . |
| 25 | As they had passed by Du Cane Road , where the entrance to Wormwood Scrubs prison was , she had been reminded of how many times she had been there , visiting either her husband or one of the older boys . |
| 26 | He was too young to remember when it had been a school , though his mother could , she had been there as a pupil . |
| 27 | But after that seemingly unpropitious start , Topaz settled into the routine at Yelton as if she had been there all her life . |
| 28 | She had been there . |
| 29 | She was certain MacQuillan had not gone to the bar because she had been there all the time until then . |
| 30 | Then they were in the flat , the first time she had been there since leaving Oliver typing his letter the previous morning . |