Example sentences of "years she [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had had fewer than a dozen poems published in magazines — usually small , regional ones — during the twenty-five years she had been writing . |
| 2 | And for the first time in nearly three years she had been able to talk about Martin . |
| 3 | It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty . |
| 4 | In all the desperate , toiling years she had been in Canada , neither her husband nor her son had ever made themselves a meal , except on one or two occasions when illness had confined her to bed . |
| 5 | Her paternal family is opposed to the sect and some years before these events Miss T. had been reunited with her paternal grandmother and her father and for the past two years she had been living in circumstances which would not be approved by the sect . |
| 6 | For thirty-six years she had been convenient for this purpose . |
| 7 | Within two years she had been transferred from teaching to teacher training . |
| 8 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 9 | Moreover the meaning is not at all the same as with to + infinitive , as can be seen from the sample sentences below : ( 39 ) For years she had been driving illegally with a licence obtained in Italy where her brother had sent the examiner a case of wine — not necessary , but she had felt bolstered . |
| 10 | For several years she had been almost obsessed by Peter Sebastian , not only by his work , she finally admitted , but by the man himself . |
| 11 | They wheeled him rapidly into Resus. , Kathleen snapping out instructions right , left and centre , but as they peeled back the blanket to examine him , even Kathleen after all the years she had been working in A and E was shocked at the extent of his injuries . |
| 12 | For years she 'd been so meek , so biddable to this man , and all for what ? |
| 13 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 14 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 15 | ‘ It is true that in the eighteen years she has been here I have never heard her speak . |
| 16 | For the past two years she has been responsible for the rights department of Hachette 's children 's book imprints in Paris . |
| 17 | For the past ten years she has been teaching part time at Roedean and between 1987–9 she completed a part time M.A. at Sussex University in Northern Renaissance Studies . |
| 18 | During the past few years she has been forced to endure : — A break-in at her home and the loss of £5,500 ; — A series of raids on her office which eventually prompted the company to move elsewhere in the town ; — Drunks breaking into the company headquarters to sleep off their drinking binges ; — Car theft and vehicle damage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | For the past two years she has been Chairman of the ‘ Kent Teachers ’ and has also been a member of the Kent display Team since 1976 . |
| 21 | been quite a few years she 's been |
| 22 | In the eight years she 's been showing the plants she 's won hundreds of awards . |
| 23 | over two years she 's been doing it . |