Example sentences of "[verb] he had be [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I believe he had been planning that warning for some time . |
| 2 | Ranulf 's face was flushed and Corbett surmised he had been sampling some of the tavern 's heady ale . |
| 3 | However , it got so bad one day — I think he had been discussing this with his father because he used to go home sometimes at the weekends and come back to the flat on Monday — and he came in one day and said , ‘ OK , it 's going to be cabaret ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ One guy we spoke to said he had been walking this route everyday for the last ten years . |
| 5 | ‘ One guy we spoke to said he had been walking this route every day for the last ten years . |