Example sentences of "[that] she have [adv] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damn you , she wanted to say , suddenly hating him as she hated realising that while he had watched her reading from the Palmer & Pearson file that night — she had been oblivious that she had n't been wearing her spectacles — but not so him ! |
| 2 | She might have known that all of her efforts would end like this ; it was simply a truth that she had n't been wanting to face . |
| 3 | That she had n't been sleeping properly , finding herself tossing and turning , ending up with twisted sheets and pulverised pillows ? |
| 4 | It was n't that she had n't been talking to Mandy , it was just that she had let her displeasure over that application be felt for an entire week now . |
| 5 | It irritated her to think that she had n't been doing anything reckless like running to catch a bus ; but she had a private theory that an old person did n't break a hip because she fell , but fell because her hip snapped , after gradual erosion . |
| 6 | Instead , having been assured that Rick no longer had any violent feelings towards her , she earnestly pleaded that she had long been awaiting an opportunity to return it in person and apologise for causing so much distress . |
| 7 | He 'd lost weight , his eyes were staring and red as if they 'd been rolled in grit , and his clothes hung on him like a scarecrow 's ; it was almost as if , in the course of the past few weeks , he 'd been drained of the zest and the energy and the sense of confidence that she 'd steadily been picking up . |