Example sentences of "she have been [v-ing] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term .
2 as if she 'd been waiting outside for a convenient pause in their conversation , the vaporeuse knocked on the door and opened it .
3 Nor did she mention the fact that she 'd been sitting there for nearly three hours .
4 When she was found they reckoned she 'd been lying there for three hours .
5 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 .
6 Since the embers were cool , Tallis imagined that she had been sitting there for hours .
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