Example sentences of "she [vb past] been [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it . |
| 2 | Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours . |
| 3 | When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours . |
| 4 | After a job which had taken up all of her energies , Elaine did n't realise how long she would need to do all the jobs she had been putting off for years . |
| 5 | It was a decision that she knew she had been putting off for far too long . |
| 6 | Then , the following week , the essay on Jane Eyre she had been working on for her English class disappeared from her desk . |
| 7 | Maeve sat crouched over a table using a pool of light from a huge candelabra to stab furiously with her needle at a piece of embroidery she had been working on for years . |
| 8 | Not until she had been sitting there for several minutes did Isabel realise that no sound at all had come from her torn and bleeding lips . |
| 9 | Since the embers were cool , Tallis imagined that she had been sitting there for hours . |