Example sentences of "she have [adv] [vb pp] for " in BNC.

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1 Then Mrs St Maugham asks a friend whom she has not seen for years to lunch .
2 Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years !
3 Chrissie is not protected to the same extent because she has not worked for long enough , and there may be grounds for dismissal .
4 She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child .
5 She has not spoken for a month .
6 Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time .
7 Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point
8 First time in a year she has n't waited for Jo so they can do their shopping together .
9 She has n't worked for seven years , ’ I said
10 Erm your worships as far as the personal circumstances are concerned she is fifty nine years old , she has n't worked for the last three years she 's in receipt of invalidity benefit similarly her husband who has n't worked for the last ten or eleven years er , is on invalidity benefit .
11 Or : ‘ Jane Ryle says she has n't slept for three nights . ’
12 But she has also campaigned for better facilities .
13 When you consider the life of Hannah Hauxwell and the privations she has quietly suffered for most of her life , it is reasonable to describe her as a true daughter of Balder .
14 And , after some 40 exhibitions in cities all over the world , she can boast that every one of her 1,000 well-loved paintings has been sold , apart from a few she has deliberately reserved for herself .
15 With noble , fine-boned features that have brought comparisons with Audrey Hepburn , she could have gone to Hollywood but has chosen British projects which she feels mean something — though she has routinely worked for the mere promise of a salary at some future point when the films make money .
16 She has never cared for a disabled person before , but there is a natural love and empathy between them : she hugs Elaine a lot and they are very close .
17 She tipped the cassette box out on the floor and jumbled them all back what she 'd not heard for ages was now at the top .
18 When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane .
19 He smiled at her , but the concern she 'd once felt for him had wholly dissipated .
20 She 'd never asked for nor expected pity .
21 It was the unsettling effect he had on her , making her question everything she 'd always taken for granted .
22 He was doing it again , she thought with some amazement — putting her on the spot and forcing her to examine things she 'd always taken for granted .
23 How could she have ever fallen for Marcus 's attractive looks and been blind to the shallowness of his character ?
24 In November 1990 , rather than seek re-election , she had unsuccessfully challenged for a Senate seat , running against the incumbent Democrat Paul Simon .
25 She turned to the door , almost shivering with nerves as she heard the rapid flow of French from the hall and knew that now she was about to meet the woman she had unconsciously hated for the whole of her life .
26 Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane .
27 Damn the man , she had n't bargained for a Peeping Tom role !
28 Rachel stiffened , wondering what was coming next , thinking that Belinda might ask why Jennifer was n't his girlfriend any longer and wondering how he would answer , but she had n't bargained for Belinda 's line of reasoning .
29 She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck .
30 Brushing out her hair and applying some make-up , something she had n't done for ages , she put on her mac .
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