Example sentences of "she have been driving " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past . |
| 2 | She 'd been driving along the A420 Oxford to Swindon road at Pusey woods , when she was hit head-on by a stolen Vauxhall Cavalier . |
| 3 | She tried to recall when she had last passed a house , an AA box , a public telephone , but it seemed to her that she had been driving through deserted countryside for at least ten minutes . |
| 4 | There would be no need to tell them she had been driving very fast . |
| 5 | Moreover the meaning is not at all the same as with to + infinitive , as can be seen from the sample sentences below : ( 39 ) For years she had been driving illegally with a licence obtained in Italy where her brother had sent the examiner a case of wine — not necessary , but she had felt bolstered . |
| 6 | She gave a quick glance at her watch , put on an hour on the ferry to accommodate the time change , and saw that it had gone six , and that , apart for a stop for petrol and a brief stop in Aachen for a cup of coffee , she had been driving more or less continuously since just after nine that morning . |
| 7 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |