Example sentences of "[adv] she [verb] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 2 | So she had been asking after him . |
| 3 | so she 's been dealing with her Manchester solicitors and a London solicitor |
| 4 | Lately she has been working as a $10-an-hour dresser at local fashion shows and answering phones at an aerobics studio . |
| 5 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 6 | When she had left Madam Lundy 's presence earlier she had been shivering with reaction , but that had now passed , leaving her calm , her options clear . |
| 7 | Thirty minutes earlier she had been going up the stairs to read the newspaper on the toilet . |
| 8 | Recently she 's been concentrating on developing her own career , with a new album doing the rounds , and a very heavy touring schedule in the offing . |