Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] been [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forward ceptors had been showing a bright little disc that was the planet Fraxilly , steadily enlarging as we crept near to it on planetary drive . |
| 2 | Professor Roesdahl , of Aarhus University , Denmark , who is one of the chief organisers , explains that Scandinavian scholars had been planning a major show on the Vikings for some time , and the French became involved because they had also wanted to hold such an exhibition , partly to examine the Viking role in Normandy . |
| 3 | At least the Spanish authorities had been conducting a professional search . |
| 4 | This group had already trekked from Pochala on the Ethiopian border ; some of the boys had been living a transitory existence for four years . |
| 5 | As Maisie and Mr Malik 's relative were clearing away the destruction ( the Huysan twins had been having a mashed-potato fight with school spoons ) , he made his way up to the headmaster 's study . |