Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [pron] had [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silas told me he had been taking you round the sheep . ’ |
| 2 | He told me he had been studying poetry with Enright , and that he wrote poetry too . |
| 3 | ‘ Antonia told me she had been watching Mellor on TV in the run up to the General Election and said she had suddenly been taken over by this incredible desire for him and that she badly wanted to meet him . |
| 4 | A client who hated her job told me she had been considering other options for two years , without taking any positive action . |
| 5 | and she said , I told you he had been licking , she said oh , even with the licking , that 's excellent I 'm very pleased . |
| 6 | Tuesday — could it really be only Tuesday when now every cell of her body was alight with a feedback intelligence that told her she had been waiting for this man all her life … |
| 7 | He told her he had been thinking of the text he had just learnt , ‘ Prepare to meet thy God , ’ and perhaps he might die tonight , and he did not know if he was ready , if his sins were all forgiven … |