Example sentences of "she have been [v-ing] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , she 'd been drinking too much , of late . |
| 2 | She 'd been thinking just that for most of the long , aching , sleepless night . |
| 3 | But she 'd been smoking too much , as well . |
| 4 | apparently she does n't know why they sacked her she said , they sacked apparently something to do with she 'd been asking too many questions or something and but she |
| 5 | Perhaps she had been taking too little care , or perhaps it was the strain of the bereavement coming out in physical symptoms . |
| 6 | In fact , she had been thinking along those lines herself . |
| 7 | She had known why Mr Evans had sent Hepzibah biscuits ; had known that he wanted her to spy , to keep her eyes open , and it seemed that without meaning to she had been doing just that ! |
| 8 | But yesterday , as she nursed the baby she had been praying so many years for , she said : ‘ I never gave up hope . ’ |
| 9 | Crooking an index finger , she summoned a waiter and proceeded to inform him that she had been waiting fully half an hour for her pancakes and that it would not do . |
| 10 | Eventually all was well , pockets complete , only for her to find that she had been cutting out these pocket linings in her already prepared garment lining ! ! |