Example sentences of "[noun sg] had been [v-ing] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critically-ill youngster had been staying with various people after walking out of home following rows with her stepfather John . |
| 2 | The commando had been waiting with disciplined patience some 400 yards ( 365m ) out . |
| 3 | The baby had been endeavouring with grim determination to haul himself from the floor on to Alexandra 's knee , gripping handfuls of her skirts to assist himself and heaving with astonishing strength . |
| 4 | An article in the Timber Trades Journal reported Michael Latham , chairman of a major UK timber firm and then president of the European tropical timber importers union , as saying that : ‘ The entry of the WWF into the field enlarged the scale of the problem for the timber trade , since before that time the trade had been dealing with small local conservationist groups ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Gould was worn out by our reverses , regretted the loss of time , and this very afternoon had been declaring with many apologies that he must go back in the Vansittart . |