Example sentences of "[subord] she have been [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt heavy-lidded and drowsy , as if she had been asleep for a week . |
| 2 | Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now . |
| 3 | Had he not been she might have telephoned him instead of Nick , when she had been desperate for company . |
| 4 | She felt as though she 'd been asleep for about five minutes ! |
| 5 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 6 | There was a sort of thirstiness about Julia 's immersion in the conversation , as though she 'd been parched for a long time . |