Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] had [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’ |
| 2 | When it broke daylight the next morning he found he had been fishing on a sandbar which shallowed up twenty yards out . |
| 3 | The sergeant saw her eyes were dim with sadness and he guessed she had been thinking about her former husband . |
| 4 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 5 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 6 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 7 | I thought , I thought someone had been smoking in the toilets . |
| 8 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 9 | He knew there had been fighting about Charleroi , and he had heard of some skirmishes being fought in the villages south of the Prince of Orange 's headquarters , but whether the French had invaded in force , or whether there was an attack coming in the direction of Mons , the Duke still did not know . |
| 10 | He came forward into the firelight then and she saw he had been sitting beside the range , in an old rocking chair which he had left tilting back and forth , to take the lantern from her , grasping her free hand in his . |
| 11 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 12 | He slowly straightened to his full height and she realised he had been sitting on the bed leaning over her . |
| 13 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 14 | Over the meal Karr outlined what had been happening since his return from Mars . |
| 15 | Mrs Hepburn said she had been living with her husband at the time of the alleged crimes but was now in the process of divorcing him . |
| 16 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 17 | Robyn took a sip and wished she had been listening from the beginning . |
| 18 | He said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |
| 19 | Lt Col Stewart said there had been fighting between Croat and Muslim militiamen around the town . |
| 20 | Mr Siddle , of Hesleden Avenue , Acklam , Middlesbrough , said they had been working on the operation the previous day and the pipe kept jamming when attempts were made to slot it into place . |
| 21 | A site has yet to be secured — although the Mountain View , California-based company said it had been working on the plans for some 18 months — and a choice will be announced within 60 days , according to Sun 's chief financial officer , Kevin Melia . |
| 22 | Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed . |
| 23 | He said he had been living with his parents in Fazakerley , and had been sub-letting the flat to another man . |
| 24 | Douglas Gray of Middleton in Teesdale said he had been complaining for over two years about undelivered letters and hit out at the ‘ uncaring attitude ’ of the Post Office in Darlington . |
| 25 | Mr Justice Johnson , who jailed the 37year-old Marquess for failing to pay £10,534 to his estranged wife Becky , said he had been acting in excess of his powers when he imposed the sentence . |
| 26 | Kasparov said he had been negotiating with the FIDE president , Florencio Campomanes , for several days to try to persuade him to transfer the federation 's rights to stage the championship to the PCA and make Manchester a ‘ transitionary ’ match . |
| 27 | My dinner companions were two Swiss nurses doing a world tour , and Roger Rasmussen , a pensioner front Queensland who said he had been travelling by train for 16 days non-stop . |
| 28 | Local people said he had been working on the site for two years and was very popular with them . |
| 29 | Janie 's distraught mother Angela Darling explained what had been going through her mind during the case : |