Example sentences of "[subord] she have [been] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she had been expecting something like this , Robbie 's mouth was suddenly dry , her tongue cleaving to the roof of her mouth . |
| 2 | ‘ So she 's been doing it to hurry things on , has she ? |
| 3 | Josie 's hand slid from around her as if she 'd been holding nothing more substantial than a wisp of smoke . |
| 4 | I wondered if she had been watching our fight . |
| 5 | If she had been listening she would n't have learned much from the brief courtesy call from CI5 HQ . |
| 6 | And romance — although ideally , if she had been advising him as a florist , she would have suggested roses instead of the more exotic lilies and orchids he had chosen . |
| 7 | Cecilia would have been very surprised indeed if she had been wearing anything but jeans and a sweater or T-shirt , and she was not . |
| 8 | Gina went down the stairs feeling as if she had been reading someone 's letters , or had been forced to eavesdrop on a conversation she did n't want to hear . |
| 9 | All their eyes were turned on Rose but she , with just a glance at Moran , took up the Second Mystery as if she had been saying it with them all the nights of their lives . |
| 10 | Even if she had been asking me to make love to her — which she was n't — the answer would very definitely have been no . |
| 11 | I was surprised because she 'd been throwing herself at him all day and not getting anywhere much . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Speaking crossly and rudely although Carrie had only been stewing indoors because she had been helping him in the shop ! |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure I shall now , ’ Peony thought , the more bitterly because she had been repressing her disappointment . |
| 14 | If there is an incident when friends walk away because she has been ordering them around , explain to her why that happened . |
| 15 | Naturally he had associated her remark with Hugh , whereas she had been recalling her dream , the dream in which Fen had appeared as the waiting bridegroom . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Shortly after the abolition of the CPRS , Professor George Jones noted : ‘ While she has been strengthening her own personal staff resources , she has weakened those at the disposal of her Cabinet colleagues for the performances of their collective deliberations by abolishing the CPRS . |
| 18 | Since she 'd been wearing her seatbelt and travelling at a very slow speed , she was n't hurt , but the shock was enough to make her tremble . |
| 19 | After she had been practising her exercise for about ten days , she had gone out intending to walk to the local post office . |
| 20 | Ven swiftly reassured her , and — even while it was dawning on her how he was accepting her ‘ no ’ without question when she had been giving him a ‘ yes , yes , yes ’ for the past five minutes , he was reaching for her wrap . |
| 21 | When she 'd been doing her research for this article she 'd talked to various other people in the City regarding Laura Wyndham 's expertise in her job , and they had all agreed on one thing — she was at the very top of her profession . |
| 22 | Linda Johnson felt as though she 'd been doing nothing but prepare for Christmas for months and was exhausted before it all began . |
| 23 | She picked up on the first ring , almost as though she had been expecting him to call . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Another discovered she had toothache one evening as she had been clenching her teeth all afternoon ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Was it annoyance that he had been avoiding her , as she had been avoiding him ? |
| 29 | It must have been in that one moment of darkness , as she 'd been taking her hand away . |
| 30 | As long as she 'd been fighting him there had still been a hope that she might eventually emerge the victor . |