Example sentences of "that she [vb -s] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 2 | No , he wrote , because Diana herself does not acknowledge either that she has been waiting all her life for him to appear . |
| 3 | One might almost think , says Robert — our Robert , must I call him ? — that she has been directing affairs herself ! |
| 4 | When it emerges that she has been doing her voluntary work in York for just six years , her enormous commitment becomes clear . |
| 5 | When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries . |
| 6 | She says that she 's been flying for three years . |
| 7 | If it makes you feel any better , you may like to know that she 's been telling me that our separation was all my fault — because I was too proud to climb down , or admit I was in the wrong . |
| 8 | all da evening but then like last night see if I know that she 's been chomping on and off all night she 'll go for four or five hours . |