Example sentences of "they [vb past] been driving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth had no idea how long they had been driving when Sean turned the horses off the road on to a narrow side track . |
| 2 | They had been driving through Wales , to the sea , and Carrie had turned off the main road into a narrow valley and said , this was where she and Uncle Nick had lived for a while in the war , would they like to stop the night and see ? |
| 3 | They had been driving northwards from Copenhagen for half an hour along the beach road when Rune posed the question . |
| 4 | They had already started to look at houses — not any close inspection , just murmured approval as they had been driving , Glyn 's comments warming her . |
| 5 | She was surprised to find that it was still not too late , only lunchtime actually , and she was further surprised when Felipe merely informed the other two that they had been driving in the mountains . |
| 6 | She did n't know if they had been driving for minutes or days . |