Example sentences of "perhaps she [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 2 | Perhaps she 'd been a little in love with him , or at least his image . |
| 3 | Perhaps she had been foolish to remain here , eating a poached egg and spinach off a tray . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had been taking too little care , or perhaps it was the strain of the bereavement coming out in physical symptoms . |
| 5 | Perhaps she had been too old for parenthood , and then it was very sad for a girl to lose her father in her teens . |
| 6 | I had always seen myself as potentially a sort of protector of her ; and for the first time , that evening at Bourani , I saw that perhaps she had been , or could have been , a protector of me . |
| 7 | But then the moon slid behind a cloud and the images vanished and Fenella thought that perhaps she had been mistaken . |
| 8 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 9 | Or perhaps she had been in too much of a hurry to change . |
| 10 | Perhaps she had been sleep-walking , and had not been responsible . |
| 11 | Perhaps she had been dropped onto his path on purpose . |
| 12 | At a corner table , with her back turned towards them , sat a woman in black , apparently doing some accounts , and surrounded by dusty furniture ; perhaps she had been cruelly deserted on her wedding day , and had sat there ever since , refusing to have anything touched . |
| 13 | Perhaps she had been abroad , to Africa or something . |
| 14 | She could n't help thinking that perhaps she had been the cause of his bad mood . |