Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is very strict , and would dismiss me if he found out I 'd been interfering with his books . |
| 2 | A few days earlier I had been thinking of calling my doctor to assess the chances of having my vasectomy reversed in order to save my marriage to Karen . |
| 3 | I think what was different in my approach , and it partly goes back to my background , is that firstly I had been working on educational planning , and that secondly I come from a background of market research . |
| 4 | Minny : one day when I 'd been gushing about her dress when she was going out to a dance . |
| 5 | I had or had had cancer — a most serious disease — yet I had been talking as if it was all a joke . |
| 6 | ‘ I fancied a change of scene from London where I 'd been working with the Bank of England in-house catering team ’ she said . |
| 7 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 8 | By the time the rope went tight I had been standing in the same spot for nearly an hour and a half . |