Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] he have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival .
2 It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away .
3 Nevertheless , they have demonstrated activity in the visual areas during an imaging task , in the language areas during a verbal task and even , on one - occasion , in the higher visual areas of a schizophrenic patient who subsequently reported that he had been hallucinating .
4 Pascoe realized that he 'd been asking questions that Susan had n't answered .
5 He was also weaving and Adam realized that he had been drinking .
6 As everyone turned to look at him , Jinny realized that he had been waiting for this moment all the time he was explaining his plan .
7 He asked himself , ‘ What is the direction upon which I have been depending ? ’ , and realized that he had been relying on a sense of what seemed ‘ natural ’ and ‘ right ’ to govern his actions .
8 The 18-year-old who caused the accident admitted that he 'd been driving recklessly .
9 A big farmer admitted that he had been selling cotton stalks to agricultural labourers , a new trend in the region .
10 He revealed that he 'd been intending to do an act at the Easter Fete but had abandoned it because he 'd decided it was a load of rubbish .
11 After his exit from Monday 's semi-finals , Black revealed that he had been struggling for five years with a ‘ bio-mechanical ’ problem which affects his body balance and leads to other injuries .
12 The government denied involvement in Toro 's activities but few observers believed that he had been acting on his own initiative .
13 At one minute it seemed that he had been having a fine old dream about Humans and banquets and the Frost Giantess frying on a spit .
14 Nabiyev , however , claimed that he had been touring the region to meet the population after recent mudslide disasters .
15 Sinews bunched and moved under his skin like oiled spaghetti ; Carson guessed that he 'd been posing and flexing in front of a mirror .
16 Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon .
17 She guessed that he had been standing at the window or listening for the sound of her key in the lock .
18 The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog .
19 When challenged to say what was on his mind , he replied that he had been wondering whether it would ever be given to him to make France great again , as it had been in the days of Charlemagne .
20 When one complainant alleged that he had been sitting in the Common Bench while the complainant had had his proper challenges to jurors refused , the auditors of complaints simply accepted his statement that he had been sitting on the bench not as a justice but as a well-wisher of the complainant 's opponent ( the prior of Sempringham ) .
21 And , it 's not a text but perhaps a verse that we could use as a , as a springboard is verse twenty seven , and it says at this point his disciples came and they marvelled that he had been speaking with a woman !
22 Film shown on Algerian television that same evening recorded that he had been speaking for some minutes .
23 Alfred Berry also confessed that he had been drinking , and hoped that a lenient view would be taken of his misconduct .
24 His comment also meant that he had been listening to her conversation with the receptionist in Dublin — because he had still been bored ?
25 Which meant that he had been giving it considerable quiet thought .
26 William looked around at the stacks of cartons and bundles and felt that he had been wasting his time tidying the stock .
27 But in his heart he knew that he had been speaking to a troubled spirit , a spirit that had something terrible to confess .
28 And I knew that he had been watching the death of the tree too .
29 She knew that he had been doing without luncheon , and now he could afford some .
30 When McCormack was traced by police , he said that he had been drinking and ‘ carrying on ’ with the shopping trolleys .
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