Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun prp] had [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now the disapproving looks Diana Lanchester had been earning had turned to ones of open curiosity as those around became intrigued by the confrontation . |
| 2 | Work colleague Melvyn Robinson of Bouch Street , Shildon , said he believed Mr Hughes had been drinking all afternoon . |
| 3 | Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems . |
| 4 | Darlington magistrates were told Mr Siddle had been suffering from clinical depression triggered by business problems . |
| 5 | Mr Sheffield said a report from a consultant psychiatrist at the hospital stated Mrs Morse had been receiving treatment since 1983 . |
| 6 | He had heard from other prisoners ( he told Beltrami ) that a man called Ian Waddell had been boasting that he had taken part in the Ayr crime , and then , on a quite different charge , Waddell was sent to Barlinnie himself . |
| 7 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |
| 8 | I suppose Miss Martindale had been baiting you ? |
| 9 | While we talked Miss Sowerby had been cleaning up the patient with the head wound and , as the man prepared to leave , Reid cried to him , ‘ Head feel'um better ? ’ |
| 10 | Police believe Mr McEvoy had been using his blue Ford Sierra car , registered D234 HAJ , on Saturday evening . |
| 11 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 12 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |