Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] had been [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until very late the previous night I had been writing about Krakatoa and trials by Fire , and was deeply asleep when the cat woke me . |
| 2 | Fabia was seated in the back of the Mercedes , with Ivo driving down into the valley , when the smile which had been sporting about her mouth suddenly froze . |
| 3 | It was the man they had been talking about at Christmas dinner . |
| 4 | The worry he had been feeling about Janine was replaced by elation . |
| 5 | Should she try and get him back again or buy a newspaper first and try to find out what in the world he had been talking about ? |
| 6 | It annoyed her even more that his continuing aristocratic demeanour disappointed her after the way she had been thinking about him . |