Example sentences of "[noun pl] she have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 2 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 3 | But she 'd taken an instant liking to you and for years she 'd been agitating for me to settle down . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the end , Clara , exasperated beyond endurance , brought up once more the possibility of cremation ( not daring to mention , even in her own mind , which had not quite forsaken filial tenderness , the possibility of the once-praised dust cart ) and Mrs Maugham , square , immutable , said quite astonishingly for her , and invoking sanctions she had been deriding for thirty years , that ashes must go to ashes and dust to dust . |