Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pron] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had not been fully dark when she had been flying . |
| 2 | Liam , who was not with his father when he was killed on Thursday , said he was not sure where he had been going . |
| 3 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 4 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 5 | On their wedding night he was drunk , and she was affectionate and clinging , and it was as hopeless as he had been predicting to himself . |