Example sentences of "[pron] had been [v-ing] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been feeling like this about Dr Russell for nearly a year . |
| 2 | It was as if she had been waiting for this moment for four years or more . |
| 3 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 4 | Alec d'Urberville , who had been waiting for this moment , appeared at her side . |
| 5 | ‘ Having a fling with Barbs is n't faithlessness , ’ said Constance , who had been concentrating on this very matter for her own reasons . |
| 6 | Is there anything you can tell me about the two young women who died after they had been working in this house , Theresa Nolan and Diana Travers ? ’ |
| 7 | As everyone turned to look at him , Jinny realized that he had been waiting for this moment all the time he was explaining his plan . |