Example sentences of "[pron] she [vb past] been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Clelia sighed heavily , and looked sadly at Clara 's Japanese wooden egg puzzle , which she had been trying all this while to do , and said , " How very dull for you , to hear all about my affairs , but I do so like to tell the story of my life , it makes me feel as though things hive re ally happened to me , whereas otherwise they seem not to happen . " |
| 2 | She allowed her steady gaze to flicker from the glass which she had been holding firm . |
| 3 | A client who hated her job told me she had been considering other options for two years , without taking any positive action . |
| 4 | She 'd worn slacks all through rehearsals and the only other times he 'd seen her she 'd been wearing that dreary suit . |
| 5 | Next day she called again , and then the ‘ witch ’ took her into the kitchen and showed her what she had been making all that morning — toffee-apples ! |
| 6 | She had never known any other man but Dan , but after tonight she was more than aware of what she had been missing all these years . |
| 7 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |