Example sentences of "[noun sg] and had be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tim , from Great Sankey , was a dedicated fan of the club and had been shopping for an Everton strip on the day of the Bridge Street bombing . |
| 2 | She 'd moved over by the window and had been reaching for a chair , but now she stopped . |
| 3 | Direct Line Insurance is Britain 's largest direct insurer and had been running at 100,000 new policies or thereabouts for three years . |
| 4 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |
| 5 | The twins had wandered out of the rectory garden and had been missing for twenty minutes . |
| 6 | Mr Waterworth worked for an agency and had been driving for the Fewston Transport Company , of Skipton , at the time of the tragedy . |
| 7 | I had just had my forty-first birthday and had been going through a very unhappy time , not eating properly because I was economizing so much , and becoming properly run down . |
| 8 | Amaranth was joined by Charles Harvey , who had accompanied her to the party and had been circulating among his colleagues . |