Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] be [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 2 | If it was a turning point in terms of ‘ proving ’ the relationship , it also marked the change in image Kylie had been wanting for such a long time . |
| 3 | This was the moment Lynch had been building for all his life . |
| 4 | It had never occurred to her that Christopher had been thinking of these things too . |
| 5 | When she was most irritated by Caro 's holier-than-thou , most nearly offended by how stupid/insensitive Caro must think her , with her ‘ what a world you live in ’ , and was thinking ‘ How young , how predictable , how limited you are , ’ came the twist in the conversation , the unexpected note , that looking back along the line of the conversation , was the note Caro had been heading for all the time . |
| 6 | In his own way , Ted had been building for this moment too . |
| 7 | Manning Jackson had been fretting for several minutes . |
| 8 | And then , after he and Owen had been talking for some while , he crooked his finger and called over the boy who had seen |
| 9 | The advice was given after Jo had been speaking to both children and their parents ( an audience that included 12 year old Romy Hutchins — a participant in the Challenge — and her father Paul , the former British Davis Cup captain and national team manager ) , in a unique question and answer session which preceded an on court clinic for the 20 or so participating juniors . |
| 10 | Mary had been playing with some other children in the stable yard and had suddenly fainted . |
| 11 | Dowd had been waiting for this man , Matthias McGann , to say his piece . |
| 12 | Anne had been dwelling on this , even as the queen-dowager , together with the prince , princesses and Joan , waited with a mixture of feelings — hope , doubt , impatience and irritation — for her reply . |
| 13 | Until today 's new proposals Britain had been cautioning against such an operation because of the dangers to aircrew and the risk of killing or injuring people on the ground . |
| 14 | Carlson had been wondering for some time what was actually going on . |
| 15 | The court was told Tania had been living with another man , Robert Cross , for five months . |
| 16 | Mr Flood had been staring into that tree a lot lately , and worse still having conversations with someone he saw in its branches . |
| 17 | In 1907 Picasso and Braque had been living near each other in Montmartre for some time , and after 1908 began meeting daily to talk , visit the galleries and museums , and to examine each other 's work . |