Example sentences of "she 'd been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 2 | They knew she 'd been drinking on the way in . |
| 3 | She 'd been drinking with friends . |
| 4 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 5 | She 'd been waitressing in the dining-room for breakfast and lunch . |
| 6 | It was as if she 'd been calling on a dead line to an empty building . |
| 7 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 8 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 9 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 10 | She 'd been thinking about something , or somebody , else . |
| 11 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |
| 12 | If she 'd been pretending to be busy before , she really was busy now . |
| 13 | It was too mortifying for words , and it intensified the vulnerable feeling she 'd been experiencing around Guy Sterne . |
| 14 | Cos Ange said she 'd , she 'd been chatting about Jenny to her . |
| 15 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
| 16 | She 'd been counting on rescue services arriving with the dawn , but maybe they would n't be coming after all . |
| 17 | She 'd been living with one of his men , a guy who knew a lot about his affairs , and Connie could n't help knowing plenty of things that Bonanza would not want advertised on the radio . ’ |
| 18 | She 'd been living with him in Bristol and they planned to marry . |
| 19 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 20 | She 'd been living in England such a long time , of course , it was a bit too free and easy over there . |
| 21 | She 'd been wanting to be my best friend for ages . |
| 22 | ‘ I gather she 'd been looking into drugs a few weeks back and then into child porn . |
| 23 | She 'd been looking into it for Ken anyway — as I told you . |
| 24 | Miranda taller , with her bushy hair and colouring that the Italians whose paintings she 'd been looking at in the Louvre rendered by priming the canvas with a copper-based green paint , creating a complexion that draws light in rather than gives it out ; Xanthe beside her with her candy radiance of pink and gold , and rounder too , more neatly assembled , wrist to hand , neck to shoulders , ankle to foot . |
| 25 | He was making her act like a gauche schoolgirl — Aurora Blake , who could hold thousands spellbound with the power of her voice , who could mix happily with kings and commoners — stammering apologetically because a man who had wandered unwanted and uninvited into her garden knew she 'd been looking at him ! |
| 26 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 27 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 28 | She 'd been looking after her father , who 'd become ill , probably because of the fumes . |
| 29 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
| 30 | She 'd been reading about how Egyptians believed cats guided your dreams , and dreamed that she was roaming around their flat from a cat 's point of view . |