Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] had [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ranulf 's face was flushed and Corbett surmised he had been sampling some of the tavern 's heady ale . |
| 2 | He looked tired and travel-weary and his first words confirmed he had been riding hard . |
| 3 | When I asked why this was so she explained that since her husband died she had been managing well and felt that she had coped with all the trauma . |
| 4 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |
| 5 | Mr Wildish said she had been chatting cheerfully and was full of beans and looking forward to going home . |
| 6 | Janie 's distraught mother Angela Darling explained what had been going through her mind during the case : |
| 7 | Lindsey knew she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Tracey Hall of Style Academy said she had been seeing more males looking for jobs . |
| 10 | Both men were taken to the police station where Grannell said he had been drinking and had no recollection of what had happened . |
| 11 | He did not take the sheaf of notes Marshall tendered but made him recite the relevant ones and in that way learned that three people said they had been wearing clothes which were , at least in part , cream-coloured . |
| 12 | Local people said he had been working on the site for two years and was very popular with them . |
| 13 | Charles defended the man stoutly , and asked instead , what the hell the driver thought he had been doing careering up and down the lochside like that . |
| 14 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 15 | As soon as the five psychiatrists heard he had been lying , they changed their diagnosis — and were prepared to say he had never suffered mental illness . |
| 16 | She did n't have to ask if Christine knew what had been going on here . |
| 17 | In a statement tonight , Kent Messenger Group Newspapers said it had been working to produce a guide to the rail link . |
| 18 | After three weeks of intense work and numerous rejected ideas the creative team of copywriter Liz Whiston and art director Dave Shelton felt they had been trying to solve one of humanity 's great challenges . |
| 19 | Over the meal Karr outlined what had been happening since his return from Mars . |
| 20 | Mr Wilshire said he had been trying to secure his release . |
| 21 | The employer said it had been attempting to tighten up on the very widespread practice of employees going for tea immediately after clocking on . |
| 22 | Mrs Taylor said she had been urging the Government for months to make public a report by Mr Ponsford confirming the morale problems . |
| 23 | Kasparov said he had been negotiating with the FIDE president , Florencio Campomanes , for several days to try to persuade him to transfer the federation 's rights to stage the championship to the PCA and make Manchester a ‘ transitionary ’ match . |
| 24 | Lt Col Stewart said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |
| 25 | A site has yet to be secured — although the Mountain View , California-based company said it had been working on the plans for some 18 months — and a choice will be announced within 60 days , according to Sun 's chief financial officer , Kevin Melia . |
| 26 | My family thought I had been studying too hard . |
| 27 | ‘ The ferocity of the fire suggested it had been going quite a while before it was discovered . |