Example sentences of "she have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jill Jones seems to fall into that category ( she has been teaching for seven years ) . |
| 2 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 3 | She has been childminding for eight years now and has gained an extremely good reputation . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But at least she has been prepared for her party to stand in elections here . |
| 6 | A READER writes that she has been trying for weeks to find the outcome of the Prime Minister 's ‘ Taking Stock ’ exercise . |
| 7 | She has been nominated for her bounty packs campaign — the samples of baby food , drinks , nappies and creams given free to new mothers . |
| 8 | Although she always wanted to be a writer , the theatre has claimed a lot of her energy ( she has been nominated for an Emmy and a Tony award ) . |
| 9 | Ruth 's Medau training comes to the fore when she plans her class , and she has been commended for her ‘ whole-body ’ movement . |
| 10 | The kennel maid remarked , ‘ There 's something queer about that animal , she has been waiting for you since early this morning . |
| 11 | She has been walking for an hour a day for more than a year , but very slowly . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | She has been sidestepped for the chief slot on News At Ten , been desperately ill and has now been chopped from her Focus On Britain spot . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ She has been missing for several days now and we are concerned for her safety , ’ said a Garston police spokesman . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Karen had dipped badly in her A-levels and had done two years in a commerce school before she 'd been accepted for her degree course . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | At last she found what she 'd been looking for . |
| 24 | This might sound , to Albert , as if she 'd been looking for him . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 27 | Subconsciously , she realised , she 'd been hoping for a ready answer , an explanation which would clear her niggling doubts … |
| 28 | Frau Geller murmured something to her companion about it never happening to a woman unless she 'd been asking for it . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |