Example sentences of "she [vb -s] be [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has been here a long time and will be here for even longer , ’ Felipe answered smoothly . |
| 2 | Following her second disappearance her father wrote , ‘ I 've had little hopes of her — I consider what I write — since she has been half a year old . ’ |
| 3 | Although Joanne feels sore at the selectors , there are those who believe that she has been more a victim of circumstance than anything else . |
| 4 | Petunias are raised in the greenhouse , but not the striped or edged sorts which she feels are just a little too bright for her garden . |
| 5 | And she 's been away a long time for one of our ships — ever since June . |
| 6 | She 's been here a long time , of course , from Father Collins 's days . |
| 7 | She 's been here a long time , about ten years . |
| 8 | She 's been here a long time , on and off , she knows the place well . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's been dead a very long time , has n't she ? ’ |
| 10 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |