Example sentences of "she 'd be [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 2 | Last night , standing on the deck of Devlin 's ketch as they rapidly approached the island , she 'd been thinking the same thing . |
| 3 | as if she 'd been wearing a coat of many many colours , and , beached on the desert island shore of Pity Me , had shredded the damn shrunken thing . |
| 4 | ‘ If she 'd been wearing a helmet , she might have lived , ’ says Officer Carmine Menchel , who visited the scene later . |
| 5 | My local bank manager said that means she 'd been renting a deposit box . |
| 6 | But er she said she 'd been feeling a bit rough recently . |
| 7 | Dawson was aware that she 'd been combating a bout of ill-temper since he 'd arrived . |
| 8 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 9 | She said she 'd been following a higher moral law . |
| 10 | Virginia realised she 'd been gripping the steering-wheel unnecessarily tightly and consciously relaxed , forcing a laugh and wincing as the vibration worsened her headache . |
| 11 | Maybe she 'd been doing a lot of thinking . |
| 12 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 13 | Just for a second there , she 'd been uncovering a softer , more human side to the man . |
| 14 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
| 15 | She 'd been having a nightmare . |
| 16 | ‘ Mum says he should have looked first , Dad says if she 'd been keeping an eye on him he would have been fine . |
| 17 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 18 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |