Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] had been [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Etna has two summit craters , the Main Crater and the North-East Crater ( both lying along the line of a fissure ) , and the North-East Crater had been showing mild Strombolian activity for many years prior to the 1971 eruption . |
| 2 | Mr Major had been taking private soundings about such a move before Christmas . |
| 3 | The inquest heard there were no footpaths and Mr Hughes had been wearing dark clothing . |
| 4 | For three or four years now , Mrs Mandelbaum had been giving free English classes in her home . |
| 5 | The kindness of Cinzia Miletti 's heart was a quality Zen had considerable difficulty in imagining where Ivy Cook was concerned , but he found it easy enough to believe that in her husband 's absence Cinzia had been feeling bored and had welcomed any excuse for going into Perugia . |
| 6 | Captain Astorre had been paying small attention . |
| 7 | It subsequently emerged that Lady Essex had been administering debilitating potions to her husband and was implicated in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury , who knew too much about this . |