Example sentences of "she [verb] been [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been six years old then and she had thought the fireworks the most beautiful sight in the world . |
| 2 | She did n't want to understand him , but heated recognition rippled through her as she stared at his mouth , as unwillingly fascinated by its sensual curve as she had been six years ago , when all her breathlessly adored heroes had suddenly become prosaic and petty with the advent of the man from Hong Kong . |
| 3 | What had Julius seen in the nineteen-year-old girl she had been five years ago that had made him want to grab her and marry her , without even really knowing her ? |
| 4 | She had been eight years old and that was sixteen years ago . |
| 5 | Old enough to take care of himself , while she had been eight years old . |
| 6 | It was Marguerite as she had been many years ago , and Jenna saw what her father had seen , what she herself saw now — the attraction of kindness , of calm good humour . |