Example sentences of "[adj] she [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The closeness had somehow died , but apart from this she 'd been so sure there was much he could tell her . |
| 2 | This she discovered was her sort of place . |
| 3 | How sensible she had been not to give way to any of his blandishments . |
| 4 | Mam would never guess how brave she had been all the way home . |
| 5 | Praying , as she sidled along to the changing-room , that no one would ever know how utterly wrong she had been … |
| 6 | The sun was full on her face , and it was clear she had been crying . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do n't think I 'll ever be quite so scared of cows again , ’ she added , when she told of her perilous passage through the herd and how afraid she 'd been . |
| 8 | Ruth closed her eyes , the weight of relief making her feel how afraid she 'd been . |
| 9 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 10 | Her earlier fears had faded and she thought how foolish she had been to let a ridiculous fancy disturb her happiness . |
| 11 | She recovered herself , grateful that he had either not noticed how jumpy she had been or was willing to pretend he had not . |
| 12 | Suddenly she realised just how much she 'd been hoping that Jake and Janice were still not married . |
| 13 | She felt guilty at how much she enjoyed being out of the house , even out of the village . |
| 14 | She was most amusing , and described how much she had been abused by reviewers and how one man wrote to her asking her to explain what on earth her books were all about , and enclosed a stamped and addressed envelope for her reply — ‘ I used it when I was paying a bill ’ . |
| 15 | It was only now that she was happy with the girls in Littlewood 's Pools that Joe realised how much she had been hurt by the cattiness in her previous job . |
| 16 | The most upsetting thing was that it made her realise just how much she had been allowing him to guide her in the decision , putting her desire to leave the nurses ' home and her pleasure at Dr Entwistle 's recommendation very much in second place . |
| 17 | But as feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her , only then did Fabia appreciate how much she had been herself with Ven . |
| 18 | He must know how much she hated being told this , reminded about how she was the apple of their eye , and the centre of simple boastful conversation . |
| 19 | ‘ She never said anything , never complained , you just knew how much she hated being away , ’ said Trevor Maddocks , who worked closely with her in Carno . |
| 20 | She had already visited the de Chavigny showrooms there , and because she was feeling nervous she had been more than usually extravagant . |
| 21 | Only when she heard her aunt 's familiar voice and had to fight a desire to burst into tears did Luce realise just how strung-up she 'd been . |
| 22 | When she was nineteen she had been going out with a steady boyfriend for three years , and they had decided to get married . |
| 23 | It was Hyacinth 's first party conference , but at nineteen she had been around . |
| 24 | And during that terrible evening by the fireside , when she told him her story , how desperately sad she had been to realize he might not love her any more . |
| 25 | But in their mind 's eye , audiences were convinced she had been virtually naked throughout . |
| 26 | Afterwards Stella was convinced she had been rebuked . |
| 27 | She said she was sorry she 'd been so cross about Timothy Gedge . |
| 28 | A case of gamekeeper turned poacher , given that she had been a fast-stream entrant to the Treasury , much of whose function it is to resist that sort of demand . ’ |
| 29 | Our interview with her was the first news she had ever had that she had been the subject of a judgement summons . |
| 30 | After that she had been at pains to assure him she could cope very well and was about to go to see her inheritance . |