Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] be [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her husband had been serving in the British Merchant Navy on the Russian Convoy run but after 1943 he was receiving psychiatric treatment in Shropshire somewhere for his nerves . |
| 2 | The genesis of political consciousness towards conservation programmes arose in very different circumstances , but its development has been moving in the same directions as family planning programmes . |
| 3 | Eight detainees at Oukacha prison in Casablanca , on hunger strike since Nov. 26 , were on Dec. 25 granted their demands for political prisoner status , the right to family visits and the right to read newspapers ; their families had been fasting in support at the offices of the Moroccan Union of Labour . |
| 4 | In all the yelling and argument that followed Jo concluded that Andy the gardener was a starfucker in the literal sense of the term , for what else could her mother have been doing in the pool house at that time of day and why else would she have over-reacted the way she did ? |
| 5 | In mitigation Duncan Smith said Stevenson and his friend had been drinking in a pub and decided to take a car to get back home . |
| 6 | His bait had been lying in three inches of water ! |
| 7 | He and his men had been resting in the farm when they saw Sharpe 's ignominious flight . |
| 8 | Originally from Inverness , Mr Cordial and his family have been living in Durham for 40 years . |
| 9 | I hope your mind has been working in an expansive way and that you have thought more about your future . |
| 10 | Now , if your dog 's been behaving in an unusual way , do n't despair , you can now call in the experts . |