Example sentences of "[pron] had been [v-ing] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been having an affair with her husband . ’ |
| 2 | The girl had claimed that she had been having an affair with the teacher for some months . |
| 3 | This letter had purportedly been written by his wife to him saying that he was not the father of the child and she had been having an affair with a man called Nigel , ’ said Mr Klevan . |
| 4 | The court had heard she had been having an affair with Mr Skett , a family friend . |
| 5 | As the crowd grew , pressing against the window , the Divisional Police Commissioner Rousselet , who had been keeping an eye on events , sent a policeman down with orders to have the nude painting removed from the window . |
| 6 | It was overseen by , the company 's operations director , who had been keeping an eye on the Basingstoke premises during its six-month run-down . |
| 7 | And Eddie Gilfoyle , who had been having an affair , tried to make it appear that she 'd committed suicide , it was alleged . |
| 8 | Stewart Skett , 21 , who had been having an affair with Mrs Green , a student nurse , yesterday denied having anything to do with her death . |
| 9 | Suppose they had been having an affair , and she 'd dropped him ? ’ |
| 10 | She subsequently discovered that they had been having an affair for several months . |