Example sentences of "[noun sg] had been [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next-door neighbour Jean Beveridge , who had been given a running commentary by armed police inside her home , revealed the gunman had been daring the police to shoot him . |
| 2 | Ambulance spokesman Richard Oswick said the girl 's father had been lighting the fireworks at the back of the house in Blisworth Street , Seaforth . |
| 3 | Tillett was convinced that despite its attempts to mediate , the government had been helping the employers . |
| 4 | In Switzerland , which had 36,000 political asylum requests in 1990 ( and 17 per cent of whose residents were non-nationals ) , the government had been tightening the rules since February 1991 . |
| 5 | The City had been expecting the chemicals giant 's confirmation that it would be hiving off its pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals businesses to a new company , Zeneca . |
| 6 | It was now three in the afternoon , and the offensive odour had been plaguing the neighbours since 10.30 in the morning . |