Example sentences of "she have been [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more bizarre , she has been reciting the works of a French philosopher throughout the operation while a black stripper dances in the background . |
| 2 | Sophia Tickell , Project Officer for the Andes , will return on April 19 from Bolivia , where she has been researching the impact of structural adjustment and other economic reforms encouraged by the World Bank and IMF . |
| 3 | One of Kylie 's entourage , an aide and friend , explained : ‘ She has been studying the Atlas carefully for nearly two months , before she is ready to step on a soap box or address meetings . |
| 4 | Eye to the crack in the door , Jezrael saw the girl 's own guilt palm the cuber as though she 'd been watching the security scanner all along . |
| 5 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 6 | Virginia realised she 'd been gripping the steering-wheel unnecessarily tightly and consciously relaxed , forcing a laugh and wincing as the vibration worsened her headache . |
| 7 | Heaven knew she 'd been the subject of enough prurient curiosity in the few short weeks she 'd been running the club . |
| 8 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 9 | Mrs de Crespigny ( ‘ Nora Champion de Crespigny is my full name ’ ) wrote to the effect that she had been passing the lounge at the time , and was a witness , if not to the actual assault , then to Mrs Wilikins 's evident distress . |
| 10 | She had been fastening the buttons at the shoulder of Thomas 's elephant-patterned pyjamas , but all sense of co-ordination suddenly seemed to vanish and her fingers fumbled in vain . |
| 11 | It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker . |
| 12 | She had been enjoying the evening at the Ritzy club in Streatham , south-west London . |
| 13 | Although he was horribly conscious of his filthy boots , he sought out the supervisor of the office cleaning company by which Mrs. Millings was employed , and explained that she was late only because she had been helping the police to investigate a river tragedy " like a good citizen " . |
| 14 | She had been watching the legion of black ants moving along the plain . |
| 15 | She had been watching the tumble-drier for ages and still her clothes were n't quite dry . |
| 16 | She had been dreading the question ever since its loss . |
| 17 | The reprieve had been so quick and sudden and she had been dreading the conversation so much … |
| 18 | Ever since she had realised that he was the new officer she had been dreading the moment they would have to actually start working together . |
| 19 | For the past two days she had been dreading the proximity this trip would involve , but gradually , as the car wound its way along the narrow mountain roads , she could feel herself beginning to relax . |
| 20 | She had been descending the stairs when she 'd slipped and had fallen down numerous steps . |
| 21 | Mrs Taylor said she had been urging the Government for months to make public a report by Mr Ponsford confirming the morale problems . |
| 22 | She had been trying the apartment since seven o'clock . |
| 23 | She had been expecting the news , because of her privileged position in the ‘ Petticoat Mafia ’ but it none-the-less visibly upset her . |
| 24 | She had been expecting the pool to be almost empty at that time of day and was surprised to see that there were about a dozen or so people in the water . |
| 25 | Charles was relieved that the information put her in the clear ; she had been telling the truth . |
| 26 | She had been letting the house to my father and mother , but they had now died also , and the whole property was to be sold : the house , yard , outbuildings , flower garden , kitchen garden , and a small meadow . |
| 27 | Only an hour ago she had been finishing the evening milking , peaceful in the milking house with Florence . |
| 28 | Already , when she had been making the tea , the first exhibit of the day had arrived , brought in no doubt by a detective constable working on the case . |
| 29 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 30 | Without realizing it she had been rubbing the area of skin which had touched the rat 's tail . |