Example sentences of "[pron] had been [verb] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were mill-owners in Bradford and Leeds who had been begging her for years to leave Old Ashfield and go to live with them in their fine houses . |
| 2 | Rain met people who had been avoiding her for months and others she had been dodging . |
| 3 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 4 | He had been monopolising her for most of the evening , or trying to , and she was growing less and less happy about it . |
| 5 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |