Example sentences of "[verb] she had [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sergeant saw her eyes were dim with sadness and he guessed she had been thinking about her former husband . |
| 2 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 3 | Ellie ran upstairs , threw off her old blouse and skirt and her much darned stockings , and got hurriedly dressed in her Sunday best , yet another variation on the plain black dress with detachable collar and cuffs she had been wearing for as long as she could remember . |
| 4 | Mrs Hepburn said she had been living with her husband at the time of the alleged crimes but was now in the process of divorcing him . |
| 5 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 6 | Robyn took a sip and wished she had been listening from the beginning . |