Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were . |
| 2 | I 'd thought you 'd been getting exercise in . |
| 3 | The action seemed to break her train of thought , for afterwards she did not resume speaking , seemed to forget she had been speaking and sat waiting passively . |
| 4 | But the Chancellor did show he had been listening to some of industry 's gripes . |
| 5 | The court had heard she had been having an affair with Mr Skett , a family friend . |
| 6 | In the end , just to save myself from socking him one , I had to pretend I 'd been using the term ironically . |
| 7 | Halfway through the letter , Bruno said in German : ‘ Ah , he is a major in their Army , ’ and then smiled hastily at Maxim because he had forgotten they had been speaking German earlier . |
| 8 | She did n't like the sound of the ‘ second skin' bit at all , and the way he had kidnapped her had been terrifying . |
| 9 | When interviewed by police Hardy had said he had been watching the disturbances but denied throwing missiles . |
| 10 | He had said he had been fighting with another man . |
| 11 | She had thought she had been keeping watch on the creeping grey-streaked matter , but it had moved suddenly , the embryonic fingers clutching the ground , pulling the oozing , mucousy river forward until it was bubbling over her feet . |
| 12 | One thing Mam said suggested it had been going on for some time … |
| 13 | Awoke to find I had been sharing a room with a group of nuns . |