Example sentences of "she [verb] been [v-ing] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 2 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 3 | For her to have gone off with him like that showed she must still care for him and yet she had been looking so adoringly at Fernando on the yacht . |
| 4 | But yesterday , as she nursed the baby she had been praying so many years for , she said : ‘ I never gave up hope . ’ |
| 5 | She had been feeling so very proud of her adventure in Horsfall Woods , which had turned out so well , not only for Rosalind but for the poor gardener . |
| 6 | Henrietta lay wrapped in a blanket , her teeth chattering , pale in spite of the tan she had been cultivating so carefully . |