Example sentences of "been [v-ing] [prep] her mind " in BNC.

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1 What Margaret had said earlier had been going through her mind over and over again .
2 Janie 's distraught mother Angela Darling explained what had been going through her mind during the case :
3 It must have been playing on her mind .
4 Cos it had been playing on her mind for weeks .
5 The Scarabae had been preying on her mind , as in patches they always did , and so she had conjured up the memory to fit a stranger .
6 Ruth drew a deep breath , summoned all her courage , and blurted out the question which had been churning in her mind day and night for some time .
7 Rachel asked suddenly as they drank black coffee , because the question had been burning on her mind for some time , and she told herself it was important strategically to find out , although she suspected the truth was that he fascinated her .
8 Indeed , during the train journey she had been weighing in her mind the advantages of an Italian dish ‘ something with funghi ’ — as against sole in an exquisite sauce or a cut off a splendid classic sirloin .
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