Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 2 | No one who had ever stood on the edge of that abyss where she had been teetering for so long , that held hunger and cold , sickness that could not be treated for lack of a shilling , children one could afford neither to raise nor to bury , would have a harsh word to say . |
| 3 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 4 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 5 | Sophie 's voice dipped in disappointment , as if she had been hoping for a graphic account of overturned furniture and blood on the walls . |
| 6 | It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling . |
| 7 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 8 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 9 | Frau Geller murmured something to her companion about it never happening to a woman unless she 'd been asking for it . |
| 10 | She was sore and uncomfortable , perhaps because she had been standing for so long and walking so much . |
| 11 | Alice was supposed to help but she always woke up too late because she had been working for her exam ; Emmie had to shake her for nearly five minutes before she came up , moaning , out of a deep well of sleep . |
| 12 | Jessamy had been thinking about it while she had been waiting for Julius to return with the blankets , and she thought she knew the answer . |
| 13 | In a taped interview with Jill Jones , Head of Science in a comprehensive , which I shall quote from several times , I asked her , after she had been talking for a while about the frustrations , what made it all worthwhile . |
| 14 | In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being . |
| 15 | But why , when she 's been playing for so long , has millions in the bank and leads a very active life outside the tour , does she still have the desire to compete ? |
| 16 | Lily looked as though she had been thinking for her whole family all her life ; she was younger , by far , than she appeared . |
| 17 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 18 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 19 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |