Example sentences of "she [verb] [been] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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1 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
2 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
3 | While fashion magazines announce that longer skirts are in style , the princess has again appeared in the multi-coloured striped skirt she has been wearing for more than a year . |
4 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
5 | The kennel maid remarked , ‘ There 's something queer about that animal , she has been waiting for you since early this morning . |
6 | She has been walking for an hour a day for more than a year , but very slowly . |
7 | Ex-St Martin 's ( where she was often the only student in the life room ) , she has been painting for five years , mostly commissions which come from friends . |
8 | Moya , a seemingly relaxed woman in her forties , described her attacks , which she has been having for 20 years , as ‘ an enormous blackness and fear , like being held under water ’ . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
11 | Hopefully , by the time read this , Silver Salmon will be well on the way towards completion of the major engine overhaul she has been longing for ever since our return from Denmark . |
12 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
13 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
14 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |
15 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
16 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
17 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
18 | She 'd been digging for a while when she looked up to swing the stone in her hand on to the pile , and saw Clare standing there . |
19 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
20 | Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts … |
21 | Frau Geller murmured something to her companion about it never happening to a woman unless she 'd been asking for it . |
22 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
23 | She 'd been waiting for this moment for so long , and all she could do , now that it had finally arrived , was think the worst of him , instead of simply being happy to see him again . |
24 | She 'd been waiting for Christine , but Christine had n't come . |
25 | She 'd been waiting for you . ’ |
26 | The moment she 'd been waiting for . |
27 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
28 | Rain said : ‘ If Sabine Jourdain planned to reveal how much of Durance 's work she 'd been doing for him , a lot of people would have preferred she did n't . ’ |
29 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
30 | She 'd been missing for 24 hours , her disappearance reported by her boyfriend , himself arrested and questioned by police , but then released . |