Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb past] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it broke daylight the next morning he found he had been fishing on a sandbar which shallowed up twenty yards out . |
| 2 | His name was , but I found he 'd been lodging in a house in Road close to the railway station . |
| 3 | When this incident occurred he 'd been working on a project in Harlow in Essex setting up another system . |
| 4 | The man claimed he had been looking for his girlfriend when challenged by staff members . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What would these people think , I wondered , if they knew he 'd been living like an Apache most of his life and right up until a little while ago ? |
| 7 | Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet . |
| 8 | Now she realised he 'd been hovering on the verges of her thoughts , just waiting for an opportunity to pounce . |
| 9 | Riven blinked , and realised he had been staring at nothing for a long minute . |
| 10 | He slowly straightened to his full height and she realised he had been sitting on the bed leaning over her . |
| 11 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 12 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said he had been living with his parents in Fazakerley , and had been sub-letting the flat to another man . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Local people said he had been working on the site for two years and was very popular with them . |
| 20 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence , and he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenging him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 21 | Nineteen year old Joseph from South London said he 'd been acting in self defence . |
| 22 | At the official press conference today , Brian Horton said he 'd been looking at the young twenty-one year old for quite a while . |
| 23 | Prince Charles said he 'd been waiting for a year for the chance to speak publiclty about the fate of the Marsh Arabs . |
| 24 | He said he 'd been driving along Akers Way in Swindon at between 40 and 60 miles per hour , when he became aware of Shaun Gooch behind him . |
| 25 | Another unemployed divorcee said he 'd been sitting in his room late one night talking with a fellow inmate : |