Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] had [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court had heard she had been having an affair with Mr Skett , a family friend . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She did n't like the sound of the ‘ second skin' bit at all , and the way he had kidnapped her had been terrifying . |
| 4 | When interviewed by police Hardy had said he had been watching the disturbances but denied throwing missiles . |
| 5 | He had said he had been fighting with another man . |
| 6 | 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 . |