Example sentences of "[det] 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 | Suddenly she realised just how much she 'd been hoping that Jake and Janice were still not married . |
| 4 | She felt guilty at how much she enjoyed being out of the house , even out of the village . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But as feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her , only then did Fabia appreciate how much she had been herself with Ven . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Our interview with her was the first news she had ever had that she had been the subject of a judgement summons . |
| 13 | After that she had been at pains to assure him she could cope very well and was about to go to see her inheritance . |
| 14 | And on top of that she had been rude to her boss . |
| 15 | But then , Leonora reminded herself sternly , what little she knew was Penry Vaughan 's side of the story . |
| 16 | All she had been told when she came round after the anaesthetic was that there had been a few complications and the operation had taken rather longer than had been expected . |
| 17 | Rather desperately , Celia steered the conversation round to her and Brian 's new house in the country , how Alison and Geoffrey must come and stay , that they would be less than fifty miles apart ; while Alison , obviously thankful to turn to less delicate matters , regaled her with a description of all she had been doing in her garden and some rather dull anecdotes about the neighbours whom Celia and Brian had met on their last visit . |
| 18 | All she had been urged to do was relax and recover her health and spirits after what had been a very traumatic experience . |
| 19 | Only then did she realise that , for all she had been in his company for a total of several hours now , she still did n't know the first thing about him . |
| 20 | But yet I was suspended , right , for a long time and she after she came back all she had is a little scratch there but they took 'er to 'ospital just to make it seem serious and she come back in school the next day . |
| 21 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 22 | All she had were her memories . |
| 23 | All she had was a yearning for everything that was out there beyond her knowledge . |
| 24 | She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough . |
| 25 | Some of the others would have to be rewired ; some would never be rewired again , but all she had was a headache . |
| 26 | All she had was the image of a woman lying on the ground and people desperate to help her . |
| 27 | All she had was the conviction that he desired her , despite himself . |
| 28 | All she had was his husky voice as he made love to her , his body against hers , and the chance to pretend to herself that he might love her as he expressed emotion through lovemaking day after day , night after night … |
| 29 | All she knew was that she came to lie on a garden bench and it was dark and the stars overhead were piercingly bright . |
| 30 | All she knew was that the one excluded the other and she could not have both . |