Example sentences of "[pers pn] had been [v-ing] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been having an affair with her husband . ’ |
| 2 | The girl had claimed that she had been having an affair with the teacher for some months . |
| 3 | This letter had purportedly been written by his wife to him saying that he was not the father of the child and she had been having an affair with a man called Nigel , ’ said Mr Klevan . |
| 4 | The court had heard she had been having an affair with Mr Skett , a family friend . |
| 5 | Suppose they had been having an affair , and she 'd dropped him ? ’ |
| 6 | She subsequently discovered that they had been having an affair for several months . |