Example sentences of "she [verb] [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She has been marvellous for Constance . |
| 2 | She has been depressed for some time . |
| 3 | ‘ She has been unwell for some time ; she is liable to spells of nervous depression . |
| 4 | Since 1981 she has been feature-writing for the bi-monthly alumni magazine of the University of Massachusetts , which gives her scope for science reporting and reporting on contemporary issues . |
| 5 | For the past two years she has been responsible for the rights department of Hachette 's children 's book imprints in Paris . |
| 6 | Hazel joined the Company in March 1970 and after a few months took over the role of transport manager , in which capacity she has been responsible for keeping the Company on the move ever since . |
| 7 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 8 | As the shop manager pointed out , it was the third time that month she 'd been late for work , and if they had n't needed her to turn up on time , they would n't have hired her in the first place . |
| 9 | He went on a while about the various tests but where he came out was that she 'd been dead for at least five days , and seven was perfectly possible . |
| 10 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 11 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 12 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ She 'd been ill for a long time . |
| 14 | She had been listless for some time and the woman could only hope that moving her right away from the influence of the people she went around with into these beautiful surroundings might bring her back to herself . |
| 15 | She had been homesick for this city , and the years of marriage to Nahum slipped away . |
| 16 | He had found a niche at once with the men , but she told Julia that she had been unhappy for months , struggling with the other women to force local villagers to disgorge food , humping it back up to the camp and preparing it under extraordinarily difficult conditions . |
| 17 | She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce . |
| 18 | She had been married for 19 years and had four children ( aged between 12 and 17 years ) . |
| 19 | She had been married for the last two years , to a man who really was a sewage plant manager ( Slater was quite hurt that Graham thought he 'd invented this detail for the sake of a joke ) . |
| 20 | ‘ When she was writing Rebecca she had been married for about four years , had one child and during the writing of the book , had her second child . |
| 21 | Had he not been she might have telephoned him instead of Nick , when she had been desperate for company . |
| 22 | It had originally been left to her by a noted amateur ornithologist and eccentric with whom she had been friendly for many years . |
| 23 | She had been sorry for him , and he had cheated her ! |
| 24 | She asked after you and was pleased when I told her how well your business was doing and that you seemed in good spirits since she said she had been anxious for you . |
| 25 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 26 | The heavy lunch and the wine had made her sleepy , and she took to her bed the minute they returned , only awakening when the hunger pangs assaulted her stomach , to see that she had been asleep for over three hours . |
| 27 | As it was , this first ever trip on a narrow boat looked like being her last , and she had been asleep for most of it . |
| 28 | She had been amenorrhoeic for six months before her first attendance at this hospital . |
| 29 | Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now . |
| 30 | She had been independent for too long . |