Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The launch of Onusal had been brought forward due to pressure on the UN from international and national human rights groups and the slow progress in the ongoing peace talks between the government and the FMLN . |
| 2 | One minister of the Church of Scotland in Orkney had been growing increasingly concerned about the growth of extremism in religion . |
| 3 | Since Kirsty had been feeling quite confident before the operation and yet that feeling had disappeared immediately after surgery , it seemed that something must have taken place in the theatre itself . |
| 4 | It was the first time Waimea had been surfed that big . |
| 5 | For several years France had been carrying out nuclear weapons tests on the remote Pacific island of Moruroa in the Pacific . |
| 6 | ‘ And Steve had been playing so good at that point in his life . |
| 7 | Barbara had been standing very close to him , and he had been conscious of the nearness of her left breast and the faint smell of perfume mixed not unpleasantly with sweat . |
| 8 | Maria had been feeling more vulnerable than she had ever done in her life , but now she lost her temper . |
| 9 | For example , when it was discovered in the 1970s that male workers in America and Costa Rica had been made permanently sterile by a pesticide called dibromochloropropane , the substance was banned . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh dear , you and your girlfriends … well , perhaps Tory could come too ? ’ she looked enquiringly at Marie , who admitted that Victoria had been considered too young to ride by her parents . |
| 11 | After her husband 's departure , Margaret had been feeling very miserable and frustrated , was having difficulty concentrating at work and had been avoiding her usual social contacts . |