Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [been] [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below them , a large group of human subjects had been circling for hours around a roller rink set among the trees . |
| 2 | The ancient Egyptians had been trying for centuries to prevent the export of their sacred felines . |
| 3 | And , the way things had been going for Gerhard Berger , it was perhaps no surprise that it should be his McLaren which would suffer that fate . |
| 4 | Other Administration figures had been calling for Bush to boycott the meeting , on the grounds that the US was coming in for excessive criticism . |
| 5 | She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days . |
| 6 | At last the government recognised what many researchers had been saying for years : that corporal punishment did not address the causes of bad behaviour , caused resentment among older pupils in particular , and was ‘ inimical to the quality of relationships between teachers and pupils upon which good behaviour is based ’ . |
| 7 | The Moslems , supporters of the Democratic Action Party ( based in Bosnia-Hercegovina ) , were protesting at what they claimed to be repression of the rights of Moslems in the Sanjak and Serbian efforts to drive them out ( Sanjak Moslem militants had been agitating for autonomy and closer links with Bosnia-Hercegovina , where Moslems were the largest national group ) . |
| 8 | Sulphur candles had been burning for days , leaving the house free of vermin , then the whole place had been painted from top to bottom . |