Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had been [v-ing] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Corporal Auriega , a fat Spaniard who sweated all the time , arrived back from town where he had been drinking all evening with his friends . |
| 2 | I was aware that he had been focusing all his will on this resolve and that to let go now would be an appalling submission . |
| 3 | Later , over coffee , Steven broached the subject that he had been waiting all day to discuss with Jennifer . |
| 4 | Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit . |
| 5 | It was as if she had been waiting all her life to find this man , this moment . |
| 6 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 7 | Even if they had been trying all the years between . |
| 8 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 9 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 10 | When they landed there was no choice but to start the ten-mile journey to Achnacarry Castle on foot , so they set off , even though they had been walking all day . |
| 11 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
| 12 | The weather was fine on the day , a lucky day as it had been raining all week . |