Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now she admitted that she 'd simply been unaffected by them . |
| 2 | Until the 1982 health service dispute , she 'd never been involved in a trade union , nor had she ever gone to any meetings about anything . |
| 3 | After completing the questionnaires , Susan felt that working in a library would not only fit her answers but was one of the things she 'd always been interested in doing . |
| 4 | Surely she 'd only been asleep for five minutes at the very most ? |
| 5 | She understood that she did not like tunnels , though this was something she had previously been unaware of . |
| 6 | She had also been surprised at how easy she had found it to talk to him , about all the private , intimate failures and successes of her life ; fascinated to hear about his problems with the privately owned Wyndham International Banking Corporation , which he had recently taken over from his father . |
| 7 | With the prospect of supporting her grandfather she had somehow been full of confidence about the future . |
| 8 | Not having done very well at school ( not even allowed to sit the Oxbridge exams ) , she had nevertheless been diligent about her piano lessons , and was in fact quite good on the instrument . |
| 9 | She had lately been excited by reports of the exhibition at Bullock 's Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , London , of Monsieur Jerricault 's Great Picture , 24 feet long by 18 feet high , representing the Surviving Crew of the Medusa French Frigate on the Raft . |
| 10 | Every other sound that she had hitherto been conscious of — the distant bleat of sheep in the field , the wind in the trees , the mewling cry of a hawk far above her — disappeared , vanished from her awareness . |
| 11 | She had apparently been dead for a week . |
| 12 | She had better be careful of the road . |
| 13 | She had ever been curious about Benedict 's background , and now more so than ever , when everything hinged on his moral claim to Merchiston Lodge . |
| 14 | She then felt reluctant to go downstairs to face the man who had so recently been kissing her bare breasts , so she took extra time to straighten the bed where she had almost been willing to — no , longing to make love with Silas , she amended with a burst of mental honesty . |
| 15 | To tell Luke the truth , somehow force him to accept that she had never been involved with Florian in the way he imagined , might just possibly put an end to his — his persecution of her . |
| 16 | She had never been involved in his business and as it grew , saw considerably less of her husband . |
| 17 | Derek was confident that she had never been involved in anything subversive in her life or , for that matter , anything which was not completely dignified and fully reputable . |
| 18 | The Vale of Blackmoor was her only world , and she had never been far outside the valley . |
| 19 | She had never been close to one before , and it was very big . |
| 20 | Was it true , what Maria said , that she had never been fair to Hester ? |
| 21 | She had never been ashamed of her body before — why should she let him make her feel this way ? |
| 22 | At home she had never been aware of it . |
| 23 | Auntie said she had never been interested in horse-racing , and disapproved of it because of the betting . |
| 24 | Well , she had never been happy with him , so she was relieved . |
| 25 | When she had first plied her trade as a child prostitute , she had always been embarrassed by their silent knowing stares . |
| 26 | She had always been frightened of him . |
| 27 | But in reality she had always been aware of its presence . |
| 28 | She had always been suspicious of Taczek , and here was yet more evidence implicating him with people she no longer trusted . |
| 29 | She said she had always been interested in science , but had been put off because everyone told her it was n't for girls , only boys . |
| 30 | She had always been interested in beauty culture and hair-styling , so she took a job with a small hairdressing parlour in Stepney to learn the tricks of the trade and when she felt she knew enough , gave in her notice and advertised her services : Lady clients visited in the comfort and privacy of their own homes . |