Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] she have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try to work out if she 's got a period due or if she 's been having trouble with her mother . |
| 2 | My daughter thought no more of it than if she had been talking about the delivery of a letter because in her world the fax , like the video recorder , the personal computer and the microwave oven , has always been around . |
| 3 | Her face burned as she realised that while she had been soaring naïvely in previously unthought-of heights of bliss Luke Hunter had just been mentally carving another notch on his bed-post . |
| 4 | She 'd automatically assumed that it was from Ryan , only of course it was n't , and if she had been thinking rationally before she would have known it could n't possibly have been from him . |
| 5 | Rachel 's heart skipped a beat at her first sight of him and if she had been trying to delude herself that David had asked her along purely for the sake of her new friends she was forced to dismiss it as his gaze met hers . |
| 6 | Sometimes I enjoy it , it depends what mood I 'm in , and if she 's been playing up . |
| 7 | The experts say that for a woman over about 40 , SERPS is definitely going to be better , and if she has been paying into a contracted out PP scheme up to that time , she should change over then . |
| 8 | Now she 's been having an argument with the council and while she 's been arguing , you know she 's got a grievance , while she 's been arguing she takes her anger out on them and tells them what she thinks of them . |
| 9 | Whenever there was something amiss in the district she wondered where her brothers had been at the time , and as she had been making her way to Sainsbury 's this thought had yet again crossed her mind . |
| 10 | But although she had been standing there just a moment before , there was no sign of Izzie . |
| 11 | It looked at first as if she had been drinking blood . |
| 12 | It was an appreciative whistle and one that Rachel recognised , for since she 'd been working with five thousand men she had become well used to whistles of that nature . |
| 13 | Lily looked as though she had been thinking for her whole family all her life ; she was younger , by far , than she appeared . |
| 14 | It was wild and erratic , as though she had been writing under severe emotional strain . |
| 15 | ‘ Why , Gloria , my dear ! ’ said one of the ladies , putting aside her soup-dish and hurrying across the wide room to welcome them almost , but not quite , as though she had been expecting them . |
| 16 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 17 | A little embarrassed because it looked as though she had been prying , Meredith murmured , ‘ I 'm not much of a cook . ’ |
| 18 | Her lips were parted and her breath was coming in quick gasps as though she had been running , the breasts , looking naked under the light silk wrap , rising and falling . |
| 19 | She felt as though she had been running forever . |
| 20 | She felt quite weak and breathless , as though she had been running . |
| 21 | The phone rang at the other end , and was answered immediately , as though she had been sitting beside it , waiting . |
| 22 | She had never mentioned that she possessed musical ability , so the crew listened spellbound for a few minutes as she played the carol ‘ Silent Night , Holy Night ’ , as though she had been rehearsing for a month . |
| 23 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 24 | Alice then , all clean and brushed , and in a nice blouse with the small pink flowers and the neat round collar , walked out of the house and went next door , to No. 45 , as though she had been planning to do this all day . |
| 25 | Phoebe woke up quickly , as though she had been waiting for Maggie 's summons , but not quickly enough . |
| 26 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 27 | Linda Johnson felt as though she 'd been doing nothing but prepare for Christmas for months and was exhausted before it all began . |
| 28 | Today her nose and cheeks showed red under the powder , and her one good eye was red-rimmed , as though she 'd been crying . |
| 29 | She looked as though she 'd been crying , and I felt sorry — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |