Example sentences of "she [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The tousled girl in front of me , she was reading a buxom magazine : its text was in French , I think , but even I could tell that the article she scanned was about fellatio technique — blowjob knowhow . |
2 | The noise she made was like a cry from hell , and James knew her suffering had turned this place into hell itself . |
3 | His head , she realised was at an odd angle . |
4 | Mrs Allen rarely spoke to any of the hospital staff ; any information she got was via her stepson . |
5 | She 'd been on anti-depressants for the last 4 years since her husband walked out on her to live with another woman . |
6 | She 'd been on the floor for nearly every dance , and was having a whale of a time . |
7 | If she 'd been on 4AD , she 'd be given the same amount of attention as the Muses , Pixies or Breeders . |
8 | ‘ I brought in the Readers ' Digests , ’ she muttered , unable to apply the brakes when she 'd been on such a powerful roll . |
9 | Yet Jezrael knew he 'd been one of them for longer than she 'd been on Mars . |
10 | It was mid-evening , and she 'd been on her beat for about ten minutes , when an elderly , smartly-dressed man passed her . |
11 | She did n't remember anything like this the last time she 'd been on Earth . |
12 | Only two weeks later she 'd been on her way to Little Kirkton . |
13 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
14 | Just a fortnight earlier , she 'd been on a course called Heart Start , which taught her the basics of resuscitation . |
15 | I think it was just the thought that she 'd been on it you know , and a nice bit of heat and everything , relaxing . |
16 | And though she would never admit to it , I was sure there were moments , however fleeting and however infrequent , when she wished she 'd been with the Church of England , rather than the Roman Church . |
17 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
18 | ‘ I knew my mum because she 'd been with me at the hospital and I remembered my grandad because of his bald head . |
19 | She told the court she 'd been with two girlfriends to the Nightclub in Nottingham city centre , where it was a monthly gay night . |
20 | So she would tell herself when she was sick and retching and dizzy , in a week or two , as she 'd been with Liam . |
21 | Sure she 'd been with you , SOE . |
22 | ‘ The — er — Palmer & Pearson job , ’ she interrupted , only then realising that they had barely touched on work the whole time she 'd been with him . |
23 | all of them so when her class came up , cos she 'd been with the class right from nursery and when she put into this you know , with the double third year , cos they go upstairs for third and fourth year and they really do classes below she did n't know anything in the class ! |
24 | R R Ricky er Richie er longer than she 'd been with any you know , boy that she got on with |
25 | However , the London season was almost upon them and she was more cheerful than she 'd been for weeks . |
26 | Yeah and I said to her erm , and she said I do n't know how it came out about her son in the fire service , oh I know she 'd just come back from Orlando , cos she 'd been off work having had a hysterectomy and she had three week 's leave due to her |
27 | The iron grey , Tero , got by because her coat was almost black , but Maldita was so dazzlingly white , except for a sprinkling of rust-brown freckles on her belly , that she looked as though she 'd been through the car wash . |
28 | Her head was aching a bit too , but then that was not surprising perhaps after what she 'd been through this evening . |
29 | How could I tell her the truth , after all she 'd been through ? ’ |
30 | Rachel suddenly felt she 'd been through an emotional wringer . |