Example sentences of "she [verb] [be] [v-ing] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 19 years she has been working for Durham County Council 's social services the number of rehabilitation officers for the visually impaired has dropped to one . |
| 2 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
| 3 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 4 | Dreams of Comfort and Anthony and David mixed with memories of the war and became tangled up with the figures on the painted ceiling above her bed and the work she had been doing for Kesselring 's trial . |
| 5 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |