Example sentences of "[adj] that [noun] had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am convinced that stuff had been accumulating for many years in this cellar and that Ernest Griffiths had no idea what was in there . |
| 2 | Gabriel went back to her table , conscious that Cat had been listening , but probably could n't make more of it than he already knew . |
| 3 | He was conscious that Therese had been engaging in ‘ business ’ but had n't appreciated how it had looked from the front until it was too late to do anything about it . |
| 4 | He needed to think , because although he was sure that Andrus had been speaking the truth , and that he had not deliberately incited Zoser to kill , he still felt puzzled . |
| 5 | He was not sure that Jehan had been talking about the arrows , and remembering that Jehan was Burun 's grandson he wondered how much he knew , or had been told , about the plan to obtain Sidacai 's freedom . |
| 6 | On the whole Morse was not unhappy that Ashenden had been ringing around . |
| 7 | On the evidence before the learned judge , it was plain that Wickes had been trading on Sundays and intended to continue doing so in the future unless restrained by the court ; and it was common ground between the parties that Wickes ' Sunday trading was in breach of section 47 unless that section had been rendered ineffective by article 30 of the Treaty . |
| 8 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |